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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7677116, member: 84905"]The Solidi in the name of Justin I and attributed to King Sigismund are an interesting group. There were 20 specimens in the Gourdon hoard, all from the same pair of dies. So only one pair of dies was ever made to produce this series.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gourdon hoard was concealed in AD 524 and it may have been parts of the Burgundian royal treasury. Its burial is probably directly related to the battle of Vezeronce, which ended in a defeat of the Burgundians by the Franks, which is probably why the hoard was never retrieved.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Sigismund solidi in the name of Justin I, where probably minted to pay for the war against the Franks. It is said, that all the existing specimens come from the Gourdon hoard. I have two in my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7677116, member: 84905"]The Solidi in the name of Justin I and attributed to King Sigismund are an interesting group. There were 20 specimens in the Gourdon hoard, all from the same pair of dies. So only one pair of dies was ever made to produce this series. The Gourdon hoard was concealed in AD 524 and it may have been parts of the Burgundian royal treasury. Its burial is probably directly related to the battle of Vezeronce, which ended in a defeat of the Burgundians by the Franks, which is probably why the hoard was never retrieved. The Sigismund solidi in the name of Justin I, where probably minted to pay for the war against the Franks. It is said, that all the existing specimens come from the Gourdon hoard. I have two in my collection.[/QUOTE]
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