1 Aureus - Imitating an Uncertain Ruler

Germanic imitation aurei of this period were not crude forgeries in any modern sense — they were prestige objects, struck by tribal workshops that understood the social weight of Roman gold without necessarily caring about its monetary orthodoxy. The prototypes being imitated are often impossible to pin down precisely because the die-cutters were working from worn coins, secondhand knowledge, or multiple sources simultaneously, producing hybrids that correspond to no single Roman emperor.

The Jameson reference yielding no number suggests this piece sat outside even that expansive collection's classificatory reach.