An ancient emperor thought to be made ... minting coins of a very sort of strange and almost homemade type manufacture, because there was no regular Roman mint available to them." ...

ROME, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A life-sized statue of a Roman emperor posing as the classical hero Hercules has been discovered during sewer repair works near the Appia Antica (Appian Way), ancient Rome ...

A new analysis of rare Roman coins said to have been unearthed ... one of them was a real historical figure who ruled as a Roman emperor almost 2,000 years ago. “The coins are the only evidence ...

An ancient gold coin proves that a third century Roman emperor written out of history as a fictional character really did exist, scientists say. The coin bearing the name of Sponsian and his ...

A newly found statue in Rome appears to depict a slain Roman emperor dressed as Hercules. It may offer insight to the viewpoint of a Roman emperor who embraced traditional Greco-Roman gods at a ...

An ancient gold coin long dismissed as a forgery is authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor, according to a new study. The coin depicting the Roman emperor Sponsian was first unearthed in ...

In 1713, a cache of Roman coins was discovered in Transylvania, several of which bore the portrait and name of Sponsian—but there are no historical records of a Roman emperor with that name.

The coins feature portraits of eight emperors, but three coins portrayed an unexpected ruler: Eugenius, an illegitimate emperor of the Western Roman Empire who reigned for only two years (392 to 394).