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Sponsianus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sponsianvs, Imperator Sponsianus, Sponsian, Sponsiani
thumb|300px|Gold aureus with the legend ""
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Roman emperor
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Noble title
- Augustus
- Image
- Sponsianus Aureus (transparent).png
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 0300-00-00
- time period
- Crisis of the Third Century
- Commons category
- Sponsianus
- subject has role
- Roman usurper
- name in native language
- Sponsianus
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Discussion
- Physical description and provenance
- Traditional numismatic analysis
- 2022 study and reactions
- The name Sponsianus
- Theories
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
thumb|300px|Gold aureus with the legend ""
Sponsianus, also known in English as Sponsian, may have been a Roman usurper during the third century. His existence is implied by a series of coins bearing his name, ostensibly part of a hoard excavated in the eighteenth century.
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