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1,700-year-old Roman hoard includes gold coins depicting illegitimate emperor
Archaeologists in Luxembourg have discovered a lavish 1,700-year-old hoard of Roman gold coins that had been placed near the ...
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This Mysterious Gold Pendant Featuring a Misspelled Inscription Is an Early Medieval Imitation of a Roman Coin
One side of the pendant features the bust of Honorius, the Roman emperor who ruled from 393 to 423 C.E. He’s shown wearing chest armor and a pearl diadem. The other side depicts a person holding ...
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A 5th-century Anglo-Saxon artisan created a fake Roman gold coin with Latin typos
The pendant, described as "very unusual," was crafted by an early Anglo-Saxon artisan in imitation of a Roman solidus coin from the reign of Emperor Honorius, who ruled the Western Roman Empire ...
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'Unusual' Anglo-Saxon replica of Roman coin found
The early Anglo-Saxon creator was imitating a Roman coin called a solidus, showing the emperor Honorius on one side and a figure holding a banner on the other A "very unusual" gold pendant made by ...
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Rome Halts the Huns
Emperor Theodosius I dies. The Roman Empire is divided into two parts: the Eastern Empire, governed by his son Arcadius, and the Western Empire, by his son Honorius. Barbarian peoples—Swabians ...
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How did the Romans change Britain?
So the Romans had to leave Britain to help back home. The Roman Emperor Honorius sent a goodbye letter to the people of Britain. He wrote: “fight bravely and defend your lives…you are on your ...