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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 6408784, member: 110226&quot;]My theory is that the so-called barbarian kingdoms imitated Byzantine coinage rather than manufacture coinage in their name is that Byzantine coinage was widely accepted.&nbsp; Literacy was not widespread, so the nature of a coin&#039;s fabric was important for acceptance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now having said this, the Arab imitations of Byzantine coinage incorporated Byzantine designs, but with Arabic inscriptions.&nbsp; This was a practical approach:&nbsp; a coin with roughly the same design as, say, a Justin II and Sophia follis, but with Arabic inscriptions for those were literate.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the practice comes down to the old saying, &quot;don&#039;t argue with success&quot;, or something along that line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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