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Æ In the name of Constantine I, Sketched legend
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 325-425 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Crude, barbarous imitation of a Roman imperial bust facing right, depicting a helmeted or laureate-draped effigy imitating Constantine I, struck in an irregular hammered flan. The portrait, rendered in a naive provincial style characteristic of Germanic imitations, shows a right-facing bust with rudimentary facial features and schematic drapery. Surrounding the bust is a garbled, pseudo-Latin legend composed of meaningless letter-forms imitating the Constantinian imperial titulature, arranged in an approximate circle around the field. The overall style reflects the hand of a non-Roman craftsman copying Roman prototypes at several removes. The flan is slightly irregular and the strike uneven, consistent with unofficial barbarian production. |
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| Obverse lettering | ANVAVSVVSVVVEVVCVG (Translation: [Imperator Constantine Perpetuus Augustus] [Emperor Constantine, perpetual August]) |
| Reverse description | Barbarous imitation of a Roman votive reverse type, featuring a wreath motif enclosing a garbled pseudo-Latin inscription arranged in three or four lines across the central field. The wreath, imitating the laurel or olive wreath commonly employed on Roman Constantinian votive issues, forms a border around the central legend panel. The lettering is a crude, non-functional rendering of the Roman votive formula referencing the vicennalia and tricennalia vows, reduced to schematic strokes by an artisan unfamiliar with Latin. The overall composition faithfully echoes the layout of official Roman votive coinage of the early fourth century while betraying its unofficial, Germanic origin through the degenerate letterforms and irregular strike. |
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