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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 8077808, member: 84744&quot;]Here&#039;s my example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402225[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well said.&nbsp; (And probably a very loose confederation at that.)&nbsp; I have a few coins which have been linked by somebody or other to the &quot;Sarmatians&quot;...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402226[/ATTACH]</p><p>This imitation comes from the area of Ukraine/Moldova, and was probably issued much later than Antoninus Pius.&nbsp; The Roxolani (allegedly a Sarmatian people) are linked by some to these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402229[/ATTACH]</p><p>These Taman peninsula coins weren&#039;t issued by the Goths (as commonly maintained) but may have been Sarmatian (in some sense).&nbsp; [USER=84905]@Tejas[/USER] is the expert on these.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1402230[/ATTACH]</p><p>Further east, from the Silk Road region of Chach issued in the 2nd to 4th centuries CE, this coin features a tamgha on the reverse that bears some resemblance to Sarmatian tamghas (according to various Russian scholars).&nbsp; Since the Sarmatians certainly moved from east to west, some sort of link isn&#039;t impossible.</p><p><br /></p><p>To understand the relationships among the various Steppe peoples, I highly recommend Ken Harl&#039;s Great Courses series <i><a href="https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-barbarian-empires-of-the-steppes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/the-barbarian-empires-of-the-steppes" rel="nofollow">The Barbarian Empires of the Steppes</a></i>.&nbsp; He&#039;s also working on book about this topic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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