In other places they have found much larger, high-quality sets. But the coins have been found 1,000 km from the Empire’s border and are also manufactured in Antioch, almost 3,000 km from Tula. That's what surprised researchers.

The experts at the Culikovo Pole Museum do not believe that the Romans have a commercial interest in these areas and have the hypothesis that it was the salary of a barbaric mercenary hired by the Romans to preserve their borders.