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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Egry, post: 7342068, member: 113686&quot;]Very impressive Lombard gold collection you have. Curious how they still minted them with the bust of the Eastern Roman emperor, similar to how Valabathus minted &#039;most&#039; of his coins with both his and the bust of Aurelian so to not get himself killed. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if there was a bit of fear in minting coins in their own image? Or, if it was as simple as they wanted to mint lower quality coins and have them pass as the real thing, similar to how the Eastern Celts replicated the Alexander III tetradrachms for centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have one Visgoth gold coin but it is from the 7th century. (I apologise for the poor quality image. Better ones are coming soon!)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1281222[/ATTACH] </p><p>SPAIN: THE VISGOTHS SISEBUT GOLD TREMISSIS, EMERITA MINT. 612-621 AD1.48 GRAMS</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for your very detailed post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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