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Audulf

Audulf ( ) was a Frisian active , just after the Great Migration Period. He is not mentioned by any historians of the era but several gold coins have been found inscribed with his name, leading to debate as to whether he was a petty king in Frisia the former lands of the Frisii on the coastline of the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany or simply a Frisian moneyer, probably in the employ of the Merovingian Franks.

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Audulf ( ) was a Frisian active , just after the Great Migration Period. He is not mentioned by any historians of the era but several gold coins have been found inscribed with his name, leading to debate as to whether he was a petty king in Frisia the former lands of the Frisii on the coastline of the northern Netherlands and northwestern Germany or simply a Frisian moneyer, probably in the employ of the Merovingian Franks.

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