"Emperor" Sponsian?

[Pacifica]

Ancient Roman coins thought to be fakes now authenticated

A new analysis of several Roman coins unearthed in 1713—long thought to be forgeries—suggests that they are authentic, providing evidence that the leader portrayed on one of the coins was indeed in power during the 260s CE. Paul Pearson of University College London, U.K., and colleagues present...

phys.org

 

[Dantius]

I find the "emperor" designation a little silly; whether he's real or not, he was a usurper rather than an officially recognized emperor, whose career seems to have exactly followed a pattern paralleled by tons of other figures in the 3rd century (general successfully fends off enemies at the border, gets proclaimed emperor, either gets killed by the reigning emperor or kills him and becomes officially recognized).

I don't have a strong opinion on the coin's validity, but here are some counterarguments: https://www.reddit.com/r/AncientCoins/comments/z5b1t1

 

[Dantius]

Oh my, that did not embed as I was expecting it to. It was supposed to just be a link. Well, I guess all the text is there.