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<p>[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 7911682, member: 5682"][ATTACH=full]1366062[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I was skeptical (at first) of the assertion that these coins were a hoard hidden from the invading Alans.</p><p><br /></p><p>I then found these maps from Wikipedia. These were helpful to appreciate the Alan presence in Spain. I would now accept the theory that this hoard “was intentionally hidden,” possibly from an occupation force of Alans.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366053[/ATTACH]</p><p>Kingdom of the Alans in Hispania (409–426 CE).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1366062[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>“Around 409 AD the Alans joined the Vandals and Suebi in crossing the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenees" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenees" rel="nofollow">Pyrenees</a> into the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula" rel="nofollow">Iberian Peninsula</a>, settling in <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitania" rel="nofollow">Lusitania</a> and <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania_Carthaginensis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania_Carthaginensis" rel="nofollow">Hispania Carthaginensis</a>. The Iberian Alans, soundly defeated by the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths" rel="nofollow">Visigoths</a>in 418 AD , subsequently surrendered their authority to the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasdingi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasdingi" rel="nofollow">Hasdingi</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals" rel="nofollow">Vandals</a>.”</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alans" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alans</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 7911682, member: 5682"][ATTACH=full]1366062[/ATTACH] I was skeptical (at first) of the assertion that these coins were a hoard hidden from the invading Alans. I then found these maps from Wikipedia. These were helpful to appreciate the Alan presence in Spain. I would now accept the theory that this hoard “was intentionally hidden,” possibly from an occupation force of Alans. [ATTACH=full]1366053[/ATTACH] Kingdom of the Alans in Hispania (409–426 CE). [ATTACH=full]1366062[/ATTACH] “Around 409 AD the Alans joined the Vandals and Suebi in crossing the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrenees']Pyrenees[/URL] into the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula']Iberian Peninsula[/URL], settling in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusitania']Lusitania[/URL] and [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania_Carthaginensis']Hispania Carthaginensis[/URL]. The Iberian Alans, soundly defeated by the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths']Visigoths[/URL]in 418 AD , subsequently surrendered their authority to the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasdingi']Hasdingi[/URL] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandals']Vandals[/URL].” [URL]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alans[/URL][/QUOTE]
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