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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 4518401, member: 87200&quot;]700 pounds of gold annually to Attila and Bleda from the coffers of Theodosius II. Since the solidus was struck at 72 to the pound this represents 50,400 solidi per annum. For comparison&#039;s sake, the Magister Militum per Orientis was paid 1,200 solidi per annum. Given the economic struggles of the period for the layperson Attila&#039;s haul amounts to an almost unimaginable fortune. It is also known that the parsimonious Anastasius, an accountant by nature, left the treasury 23 million solidi upon his death.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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