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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GinoLR, post: 15072247, member: 128351&quot;]One thing is clear and undisputed: this coin was not minted by professional Roman coin minters. It is a gross imitation of a Roman aureus. </p><p>Ancient or modern imitation? Let&#039;s leave this question aside, and just consider the fact it is a numismatic monster. Why should us see this &quot;Sponsiani&quot; as an actual &quot;imp.&quot; and not a fantasy, like everything else on this coin? </p><p>No such name as Sponsianus or Sponsius is known from any other document. A coin, especially a gold one, is supposed to inspire trust and be immediately accepted at face value, that is to say nobody must doubt it is pure gold. The first thing a Roman, even half-barbarian, would think when looking at this coin would have been &quot;WTF is that?&quot;. It looks more like a Roman equivalent of Monopoly money. Nobody would have accepted it.</p><p>Even if this thing was actually ancient, it is a fantasy, perhaps made for jewellery for example. There is no reason to take it as evidence that a 3rd c. rebel military commander named &quot;Sponsianus&quot;, somewhere on a forgotten limes, ever claimed to be an emperor.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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