I am not a metallurgist but our suggestion is that every coin had its own unique clay mould, broken upon cooling. These moulds were made from...
Now I - Nefarius Purpus - am signing off for now. This is a discussion forum for everyone and I don't want to inhibit y'all with the idea that the...
There are coins from this assemblage in Glasgow, Sibiu, Vienna, Bologna, Paris and Gotha. Anyone is welcome to ask these institutions for access,...
I'm still here (on behalf of my brilliant co-authors) and have a thick skin. The media frenzy is truly something to behold but it is now over. The...
1/ Our hypothesis is that these coins were manufactured in Dacia at a time (260s-early 270s) when the area became cut off from reliable...
We really appreciate everyone who is interested in this topic and the eagle-eyed might notice that in the paper we acknowledged anonymous...
The prevailing view has been these coins are 1700s fakes. The most recent published account was by Bursche (see refernces in paper) and my...
We did refer to some leading recent papers on 'barbarous' gold by Horsnaes and Myzgin - there is no close comparison in our opinion, especially in...
Yes that is what we say on p. 2 - likley the work of a single engraver
The paper is about testing the idea they are 1700s fakes as thought by the few people who have considered from Cohen to Bursche. We are convinced...
Several posts have mentioned 'barbarous' gold. Of course these can be called that, as they are certainly unlike the beautiful Roman aurei we all...
I promised to try to respond but here are lots of questions. So 1 - different batches of refined metal, not necessarily different mines 2 - yes,...
We can't really respond to long essays but answers to much of this can be found in the paper. The Apulum mint was closed down by 260 and,...
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