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1 Aureus - Imitating an Uncertain Ruler
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 250-325 |
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| Value | 1 Aureus |
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| Obverse description | Laureate bust of an uncertain ruler facing left, rendered in a barbarous imitative style. Eleven pellets or dots appear in the field before the bust. The effigy is encircled by a degenerate Latin legend, the lettering showing the characteristic corruption typical of Germanic barbarous imitations of late Roman imperial coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | D II SI - BNOI PIIBNCI IIT |
| Reverse description | A standing figure facing left, depicted in a schematic, barbarous style, holding two sceptres or staffs with globes at both the top and bottom terminals. The figure is surrounded by a degenerate Latin legend showing the typical letter corruption found on Germanic imitative issues of the late Roman period. |
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