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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 7284478, member: 80783&quot;]Yet the wear pattern on most pierced or looped aurei found in the barbaricum shows that these pendants were always worn with the obverse side showing and the portrait head up and neck down, indicating that it was indeed important to show not just gold, which had little intrinsic value to the goths at this stage, but the face of a Roman emperor to indicate one´s connection to the empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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