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 ...

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 ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have proven the authenticity of several Roman coins previously dismissed as forgeries – providing evidence that an emperor disregarded as fake might 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.

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 ...

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 ...

Construction workers unearthed a life-size marble statue of a Roman emperor dressed as Hercules while repairing a Roman sewer. “I doubt anyone was expecting a find like this under these ...