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<p>[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 3407378, member: 80783"]Here is some of what he found out (translation by Google and myself including some editing): </p><p><br /></p><p><i>"There three kinds of barbarous imitations of gold coins: 1) minted from gold, 2) silver, plated with gold, and 3) bronze, plated with gold, were originally intended for use in the form of pendants and jewelry. This is evident by the presence of holes, loops, or visible traces of spots where a loop had been attached, in 99% of the imitations. The official Aurei of the Roman mints which are found in the territories that were inhabited by barbarian cultures also have holes or loops for the most part. This also confirms that the gold coins of barbarian cultures were not intended for monetary circulation, but served as donatives, which, according to the assumptions of some researchers, the Roman authorities awarded to leaders and nobles of barbarian tribes.</i></p><p><i>Then in order to show their closeness to the Roman emperors, "barbarians" made barbaric imitations of the Aureus. Proof that neither Aurei nor barbaric imitations of Aurei were intended for monetary circulation is that they are practically not found in coin hoards and the fact that the manufacture of barbaric imitations of Aurei did not respect the weight in relation to the Aureus. In most cases the weight of imitations is much to low, and specimens with the same dies can vary by several grams. In the manufacture of barbaric imitations of Denarii, on the other hand, an approximate correspondence to the weight of the original Denarii was observed.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The remains of gilding in the holes and on the loops in bronze imitations plated with gold indicates that they first made a hole or attached the loop, and only then put on gold plating.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Quite often, imitations of Aurei are found that are minted with the same dies. There are 44 imitations known that come from one obverse die. They were found at t Chernyakhov culture settlement sites in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Kiev, Lviv, Poltava, Rovno, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Chernihiv regions and in Moldova.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>21 imitations from another Aureus, also from one obverse die, were found in Vinnitsa, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi regions and Moldova.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>There are types of imitative Aurei that both exist as golden coins and bronze coins plated with gold, this suggests that they were made for different representatives of barbaric tribes differing in their status.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Holes or loops are almost always located above the bust. This suggests that the "barbarians" cared about the aesthetic appearance of jewelry, and it was intended to be worn in a prominent place."</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My OP coin is one of those that exist both in a pure gold and in a plated bronze version. I now have pictures of two golden and four gold plated bronze specimens from the same dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Julius Germanicus, post: 3407378, member: 80783"]Here is some of what he found out (translation by Google and myself including some editing): [I]"There three kinds of barbarous imitations of gold coins: 1) minted from gold, 2) silver, plated with gold, and 3) bronze, plated with gold, were originally intended for use in the form of pendants and jewelry. This is evident by the presence of holes, loops, or visible traces of spots where a loop had been attached, in 99% of the imitations. The official Aurei of the Roman mints which are found in the territories that were inhabited by barbarian cultures also have holes or loops for the most part. This also confirms that the gold coins of barbarian cultures were not intended for monetary circulation, but served as donatives, which, according to the assumptions of some researchers, the Roman authorities awarded to leaders and nobles of barbarian tribes. Then in order to show their closeness to the Roman emperors, "barbarians" made barbaric imitations of the Aureus. Proof that neither Aurei nor barbaric imitations of Aurei were intended for monetary circulation is that they are practically not found in coin hoards and the fact that the manufacture of barbaric imitations of Aurei did not respect the weight in relation to the Aureus. In most cases the weight of imitations is much to low, and specimens with the same dies can vary by several grams. In the manufacture of barbaric imitations of Denarii, on the other hand, an approximate correspondence to the weight of the original Denarii was observed. The remains of gilding in the holes and on the loops in bronze imitations plated with gold indicates that they first made a hole or attached the loop, and only then put on gold plating. Quite often, imitations of Aurei are found that are minted with the same dies. There are 44 imitations known that come from one obverse die. They were found at t Chernyakhov culture settlement sites in the Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Kiev, Lviv, Poltava, Rovno, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Chernihiv regions and in Moldova. 21 imitations from another Aureus, also from one obverse die, were found in Vinnitsa, Volyn, Zhytomyr, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky, Chernivtsi regions and Moldova. There are types of imitative Aurei that both exist as golden coins and bronze coins plated with gold, this suggests that they were made for different representatives of barbaric tribes differing in their status. Holes or loops are almost always located above the bust. This suggests that the "barbarians" cared about the aesthetic appearance of jewelry, and it was intended to be worn in a prominent place."[/I] My OP coin is one of those that exist both in a pure gold and in a plated bronze version. I now have pictures of two golden and four gold plated bronze specimens from the same dies.[/QUOTE]
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