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1 Quinarius - Imitating Marcus Aurelius, 161-180, and Lucius Verus, 161-169
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 250-325 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Two emperors standing facing one another, clasping right hands (dextrarum iunctio) over a scroll or patera, a compositional type derived from Roman imperial joint-reign coinage of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. The figures are rendered in a barbarous imitative style, with simplified drapery and posture. A partial Latin legend surrounds the scene in the field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Germanic imitations of Roman coinage proliferated during the third and early fourth centuries as tribal elites sought prestige objects and a medium of exchange recognizable across the frontier. That this piece imitates Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus — co-emperors dead by 180 — decades after their reign suggests the prototype circulated long enough in barbarian hands to become the model, not the contemporary issue. The specific attribution to an uncertain Germanic tribe reflects the honest limits of scholarship; die links and find-spot clustering have not yet produced a consensus workshop.