1 Solidus In the name of Magnentius

Magnentius himself died in 353 AD, yet his name continued circulating on imitative coinage struck by Germanic groups more than half a century after his death. This piece belongs to that phenomenon — a barbarian gold issue produced long after the prototype emperor had any political meaning to the issuer, suggesting the coins were valued as bullion approximations of Roman weight standards rather than as ideological statements.

The Arslan gap in attribution reflects genuine scholarly uncertainty; these imitative solidi resist firm tribal assignment and are grouped largely by stylistic clustering.