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<p>[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3936760, member: 72790"]Question for you. When you say that these coins were used to pay soldiers salaries, were the troops actually paid in these coins rather than in denarii? Was it expected that they would spend these coins in the Greek East where they were presently stationed and if they were returned to the Latin West after their service there would they have taken these coins with them and exchanged them for denarii in the West? Do you know if these Syrian pieces are much found in hoards from the Latin western portion of the Empire? Sorry to hit you with this batch of questions but I have always wondered about coins from eastern mints winding up circulating in the West and from what you wrote above I thought you might know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 3936760, member: 72790"]Question for you. When you say that these coins were used to pay soldiers salaries, were the troops actually paid in these coins rather than in denarii? Was it expected that they would spend these coins in the Greek East where they were presently stationed and if they were returned to the Latin West after their service there would they have taken these coins with them and exchanged them for denarii in the West? Do you know if these Syrian pieces are much found in hoards from the Latin western portion of the Empire? Sorry to hit you with this batch of questions but I have always wondered about coins from eastern mints winding up circulating in the West and from what you wrote above I thought you might know.[/QUOTE]
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