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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3401123, member: 84744"]But, but, but... it's not unpatinated bronze!! Why did you do that!? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And dagnabbit, what's up with kids these days? I mean, what kinda present is that for a grandma anyway?! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Erm, yeah, you outbid me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie18" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Great coin! Please don't add these to your list of specialties though, K? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":shy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>At least I have this earlier coin from the same region:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]903177[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, maybe not so much earlier; from my notes on the coin: "Anokhin indicates that imitations of Antonine emperors were produced until the 3rd century at least, demonstrated by (for example) a reverse die match between an imitation aureus of Maximian, and an imitation denarius of Antoninus Pius. The official seed coins may have come from accumulations of non-Roman peoples elsewhere, e.g. in Dacia, and the paucity of examples from the reign of Septimius Severus and rarity of imitations of later emperors may indicate an awareness of the silver content of the originals."</p><p><br /></p><p>My notes also say that the Chernyakhov culture is thought to be comprised of some mix of Sarmatian, Geto-Dacian, Gothic and Slavic populations. (So not just Goths.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3401123, member: 84744"]But, but, but... it's not unpatinated bronze!! Why did you do that!? :sour: And dagnabbit, what's up with kids these days? I mean, what kinda present is that for a grandma anyway?! :shifty: Erm, yeah, you outbid me. :bag: Great coin! Please don't add these to your list of specialties though, K? :shy: At least I have this earlier coin from the same region: [ATTACH=full]903177[/ATTACH] Actually, maybe not so much earlier; from my notes on the coin: "Anokhin indicates that imitations of Antonine emperors were produced until the 3rd century at least, demonstrated by (for example) a reverse die match between an imitation aureus of Maximian, and an imitation denarius of Antoninus Pius. The official seed coins may have come from accumulations of non-Roman peoples elsewhere, e.g. in Dacia, and the paucity of examples from the reign of Septimius Severus and rarity of imitations of later emperors may indicate an awareness of the silver content of the originals." My notes also say that the Chernyakhov culture is thought to be comprised of some mix of Sarmatian, Geto-Dacian, Gothic and Slavic populations. (So not just Goths.)[/QUOTE]
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