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1 Denarius - Imitating Commodus, 177-192
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 225-325 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of emperor facing right, rendered in a barbarous imitative style with crude workmanship typical of Germanic tribal coinage. The portrait, while clearly derived from Roman imperial prototypes imitating Commodus, displays simplified facial features and roughly executed drapery at the shoulder. A partially legible legend in debased Latin characters surrounds the bust, reflecting the non-Latin-speaking celators' imperfect copying of Roman originals. |
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| Reverse description | A seated figure facing right extends an arm toward a serpent, a design derived from Roman imperial reverse types, likely imitating a Salus or similar deity feeding a snake coiled around an altar or rising before her. The composition is rendered in a barbarous, schematic style with simplified lines and crude execution characteristic of Germanic imitative coinage. A partially legible legend in debased Latin characters encircles the design, copied imprecisely from Roman prototypes. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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