1 Denarius - Imitating Marcus Aurelius, 161-180 Group 1

Gothic imitations of Roman denarii from the Taman Peninsula — the ancient Taman being the eastern tip of Crimea projecting into the Kuban — represent a poorly understood monetary phenomenon tied to the breakdown of Roman silver supply into barbarian-controlled territories during the mid-third century Crisis. The prototypes being copied were already decades old by the time these pieces were struck, suggesting the imitators were working from circulating worn specimens rather than fresh official issues.

Sergeev's classification remains the primary reference for this material, though the groupings are provisional and the archaeological record from Taman is incomplete.