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Herculaneum Soldiers Money Belt?
marsvigilia Offline
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07-05-2007, 07:55 PM
Watching one of these history channel type programs the other day, they mentioned that the Roman soldier found at Herculaneum had a "money belt". Does anyone know whether this was a typical TV history inaccuracy, or whether this is accurate? If accurate, does anyone have any info on this "money belt"? I haven't been able to find it mentioned anywhere else.
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07-05-2007, 08:35 PM
There is a belt with silver bracteat plates, the centre of which is circular and has motives similar to coins. Maybe that´s what they were talking about.
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