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1 Quinarius - Imitating Septimius Severus, 193-211, and Julia Domna, 193-217
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 250-325 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Draped bust of Julia Domna facing left, depicted in a barbarous imitative style derived from Roman imperial coinage of the Severan period. The bust is surrounded by a beaded border, with a partially legible Latin legend in the field. The crude rendering of the drapery and facial features is characteristic of Germanic workshop imitations. A suspension hole pierced at the top confirms the piece was repurposed as personal adornment. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Germanic imitations of Roman imperial gold represent a poorly understood but historically significant phenomenon — tribal workshops copying denarii and aurei not as forgeries for commercial deception, but almost certainly for use in gift exchange, tribute payment, or elite display. This piece imitates prototypes from the Severan dynasty, suggesting the originals circulated deep into barbarian territory during the third century and remained prestigious enough to copy decades after the dynasty's collapse in 235.
The BMC Vandal attribution points toward scholarly uncertainty about which specific group produced these — Vandals, Goths, and other trans-Rhenan peoples all worked in overlapping territories during this period.