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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeptimusT, post: 9433395, member: 91240&quot;]I&#039;m going to have to dig deeper into this later, but it&#039;s very interesting. My initial feelings are conflicted: the technical analysis seems at least rather convincing in terms of establishing the actual antiquity of the coin, but the fact that it is probably cast is odd. And I agree with [USER=99239]@Suarez[/USER] that stylistically there are some strong similarities to the ancient Indian imitations. Yet, if that is the case, how did it end up in 18th century Romania? Additionally, an unknown but otherwise legible inscription is rather unusual; they tend to be either blundered but recognizable copies, or total nonsense. But at the same time, the positioning entirely on the right is also unusual.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if we accept an ancient date, that doesn&#039;t prove that Sponsianus existed. However, the fact that it&#039;s a legible but otherwise unknown title makes me wonder if there is something to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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