[gothic-l] Re: Solidi

[troels_brandt]

--- In gothic-l at y..., "faltin2001" <dirk at s...> wrote:
> --- In gothic-l at y..., "troels_brandt" <trbrandt at p...> wrote:
> >........
> > Later you referred to a website stating that all golden Byzantine
> > solidi were from the mint of Constantinople, and you confirmed
> > this, when I asked to be sure.
>
> that is not entirely correct. There were many mints in the
> Byzantine empire, with Constantinople, Rome, Alexandria and
> Carthage among the most important. Others included
> Thessaloniki, Antioch, Jerusamlem, Syracus etc. But by far
> most of the coins were struck at Constantinopel.

Maybe the above statement should be interpreted as covering only the
period 492-527 AD.

.........
> Also, she states that these Scandinavian solidi circulated only
> on a few islands like Gotland, Oeland and Bornholm, but not in
> Scandinavia proper, adding that this is very surprising.
> Hagberg's statement may have thus refered to Scandinavia proper
> excluding the bulk of the solidi. Strange, but that might be
> the answer.

I think the explanation is, that places like Gotland, Oeland,
Bornholm, Helgoe (in Lake Maelar) and Gudme (at Fyn) were trade
centers with workshops for the Southeastern Scandinavia. The golden
solidi may have been payment and rawmaterial for the workshops. The
same places have a high concentration of jewels, "Guldgubber" and
some dies are found here too.


> As I said, I am very interested in this and shall try to clarify
> this and let you know what I find.

I am sure my questions are in the best hands, and please take your
time to check the literature and the sources behind. A general
problem in these E-mail discussions is - without refering especially
to you - that it often is tempting to send a quick answer from the
book at hand rather than the right answer - causing a lot of needless
defence afterwards.

Troels



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