A team of researchers has concluded that the coin of Sponsian locked away for years in a museum cupboard in Glasgow is a genuine third-century artifact.
, revealing similar patterns of wear and tear that genuine coins feature. Thus, the coin was likely to have been in circulation for several years, jingled around in purses.
The research counters the work of 19th-century numismatist Henry Cohen in particular, who argued that the Sponsian coins were poorly made and"ridiculously imagined."had classified their Sponsian coin as a fake but changed their minds when they saw the new study. Professors Paul N. Pearson and Jesper Ericsson, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, look at the Sponsian coin under a microscope.
The interim manager of the museum, Alexandru Constantin Chituță, said,"For the history of Transylvania and Romania in particular, but also for the history of Europe in general, if these results are accepted by the scientific community, they will mean the addition of another important historical figure in our history."
More work remains to be done to confirm the authenticity of all the Sponsian coins. George Green, an Oxford archeologist and expert in ancient gold, suggested to The Wall Street Journal that the metal used to make the coins ought to be examined to see if it matches metal from mines known to have operated in Dacia during ancient times.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"They’ve gone full fantasy," Richard Abdy, curator of Roman and Iron Age coins at the British Museum told The Guardian.
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