A gold coin long dismissed as a forgery appears to be authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor named Sponsian, according to a new study led by a University College London (UCL) researcher.
Archaeological studies suggest that the Romanian region was cut off from the rest of the empire around AD 260, only being evacuated between AD 271 and 275.
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