[gothic-l] Re: Trailing the Eruli in the North

[Tore Gannholm]

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>> Should Theodoric pay Roduulf to be his son-in-arms? The Heruls were
>> mercenaries, when Odoaker became a king, and a coin with Odoaker is
>> found in King Ottars Mound in Uppland.
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>Are you sure about this? The coins of Odoaker are excessively rare
>and all known pieces (only about 3 or 4 are in exsistence, are well
>recorded). Grierson & Blackburn (Early Medieval Coinage, vol.1) know
>of no Odoaker half-siliqua from Sweden. In fact, only one single
>Ostrogothic coin has ever been found in Sweden (a very worn quarter-
>siliqua of Theoderic). Can you tell me more about this Odoaker-coin
>in Uppland please.
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>You do not know from where
>> they got their tribute and mercenary wages in Moravia at a time
>when
>> Byzans was the great power in Europe.
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>That might be true, but if Constantinopel-made coinage was flowing to
>Moravia at that time - as wages or subsidies- I would have expected
>finds of such coins to emerge especially from these areas. In
>general, I said that I don't dispute the possibility of coin finds as
>support for a migration, but think that there are a number of
>problems with it as well.
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>Dirk
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The coin in Ottarshögen is with Basiliscus

Tore

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