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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 3123479, member: 84905&quot;]To see large catalogs of gold and silver imitations from Ukraine search for:</p><p><br /></p><p>barbarous-imitations.narod.ru</p><p><br /></p><p>This site shows some 400 gold imitations and some 1550 silver imitations.</p><p>What is immediately clear is that the gold imitations are mostly holed. Even official Roman coins found in modern Ukraine are usually holed. Gold coins, whether official or imitative were apparently used as pendants.</p><p><br /></p><p>The silver coins are practically never holed. Often they are quite worn. They may have been used as real money, perhaps mixed into bags with official Roman coins where there was a shortage of supply in official Roman coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Importantly, the site above records the find spots (it is linked to an auction site where diggers sell their finds). My observation is that the golden imitations are found in areas associated with Germanic peoples (Goths), while the silver coins have a much wider distribution reaching well beyond east of the Dnepr river. However, this needs to be confirmed by careful research.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best</p><p>Dirk[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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