BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:20:00
An ancient gold coin, once thought to be fake, has now revealed the existence of a third century roman commander. the coin bears the name and image of an historicalfigure, sponsian, who had previously been written out of the history books. here's 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh. a roman coin that has baffled historians, thought have been a fake for hundreds of years. a close look shows pit marks. these and its crude design led to the experts thinking it was made by forgers in the 18th century. oh, that's really nice around there. can we get a higher resolution image of that? but scient...