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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7677025, member: 84905"]My main thinking is that Germanic people, outside the Roman Empire, had no interest in copper coins. I think copper/bronze imitations, must have a connection to small scale urban trade, perhaps in border towns or settlements around Roman military camps. I think that many of these imitations were produced by local magistrates to overcome a shortage of small change. Such shortages also plagued the British economy in the 17th and 18th centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Germanic people outside the Empire, were of course interested in gold and silver, which they could use as raw material for jewellery or to store wealth. However, when they used gold to produce imitations of Roman coins, this must have had a special purpose, other than trade. I'm thinking of grave goods (charons pennies) and gift giving (mimicking Roman donativa).</p><p><br /></p><p>For Germanic people who settled inside the Empire (such as Goths, Burgundians, Franks, Vandals and Suevians) and who took control of large urban centers like Carthage, Lyon or Toulouse, this was of course a different matter. They produced coins for monetary/fiscal purposes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7677025, member: 84905"]My main thinking is that Germanic people, outside the Roman Empire, had no interest in copper coins. I think copper/bronze imitations, must have a connection to small scale urban trade, perhaps in border towns or settlements around Roman military camps. I think that many of these imitations were produced by local magistrates to overcome a shortage of small change. Such shortages also plagued the British economy in the 17th and 18th centuries. Germanic people outside the Empire, were of course interested in gold and silver, which they could use as raw material for jewellery or to store wealth. However, when they used gold to produce imitations of Roman coins, this must have had a special purpose, other than trade. I'm thinking of grave goods (charons pennies) and gift giving (mimicking Roman donativa). For Germanic people who settled inside the Empire (such as Goths, Burgundians, Franks, Vandals and Suevians) and who took control of large urban centers like Carthage, Lyon or Toulouse, this was of course a different matter. They produced coins for monetary/fiscal purposes.[/QUOTE]
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