I don't think that's who you think it is: Coins that look nothing like who they're supposed to

Severus Alexander · Nov 12, 2021

Tejas said: ↑

Well the coins are probably not Sarmatian (which is an ethnic designation) and I am not sure if Chernyakhov culture (which is an archaeological designation) is really correct either.
One ethnic group that Russian sources mention are the Sindi or Sind, which may be an Iranian people like the Sarmatians. Another line of arguments sees these coins as the product of Roman soldiers, who used them as some kind of money substitutes.
I don't think that the latter theory has many followers these days. In any case they are too early to be attributed to the Goths, who reached the Taman region only after these coins had been made.
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Well, damn. What am I supposed to write, then?!

I may go with "Sarmatian? Sind? (or other Chernyakov/steppe culture)" as that seems broad enough to cover the possibilities and jives with the historical maps I've got. Although they also indicate the Goths as possible occupants. Can you refresh my memory on your 95% confidence dating for these later, abstract issues?

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