05-15-2009, 10:13 AM
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["No single Denar younger than 270 AD" (They're kiddin' here ?!)
"Nearly every morning a new hypothesis" (So excavation-technician Thorsten Schwarz and prospectionist-in-charge Michael Brangs.)
You folks try to amuse me ?! :roll:
Ooops ... I'm a little bit surprised too about article's quality ..
the author belongs to the more serious journalists regarding historic and archaeologic matters
but when he writes down those lines he must have had obviously a very bad day
( typos, misinterpretations, false informations) ...
A very experienced numismatic as Berger (Univ. Frankfurt/M) is dating the battle between 230 - 235 AD
after checking the new found coins.
The coins are well preserved, details like hair, beard etc. are clearly visible.
I would say literary sources and archaeological evidence point to Maximinus Thrax and the year 235 AD.
And the successful Roman infantry attack on the hill is very probably only part of a battle for the old military passage.
julianus :wink:
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