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1 Aureus - Imitating Marcus Aurelius, 161-180, and Commodus, 177-192
| Emittent | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Jahr | 250-325 |
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| Gewicht | 5.89 g |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Jugate busts of two emperors facing right, imitating Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, rendered in a barbarous style characteristic of Germanic imitative coinage. The busts are draped and cuirassed, depicted in close proximity with the foremost bust slightly overlapping the other. A beaded border surrounds the design. The partial legend IMP M ANTONIN runs around the periphery in crude Latin lettering, copying imperial Roman titulature. A suspension hole is pierced at the top of the flan, indicating the piece was worn as personal adornment or a prestige object. |
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| Aversschrift | Latin |
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Barbarous imitations of Roman aurei circulated widely beyond the frontier during the third and fourth centuries, produced by Germanic groups who lacked Roman minting infrastructure but understood gold's transactional value in diplomacy, mercenary payment, and elite gift exchange. These pieces were not counterfeits in any modern sense — Roman coins themselves circulated alongside them, and the distinction mattered less than the metal content.
The choice of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus as source types is telling. By 250 AD, both reigns were well in the past, suggesting the imitation was copied from an already-circulating coin rather than a fresh Roman issue — a copy of a copy, most likely.