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Æ In the name of Constantine II or Constantius II, Bust facing right
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 337-400 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of the emperor facing right, surrounded by a degenerate, nonsensical barbarous imitation of a Latin legend. The portrait, characteristic of late Roman imperial coinage, has been crudely rendered by a Germanic die-cutter unfamiliar with official workshop standards, resulting in simplified facial features and an irregular flan. The surrounding inscription is a garbled corruption of an imperial titulature, retaining vestiges of the prototype's letter forms. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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These crude bronzes — struck or cast by Germanic groups operating along the Rhine and Danube frontiers — exist in an awkward scholarly space: clearly imitative of late Roman nummi, yet impossible to attribute with confidence to any specific tribe or workshop. Whether Alamannic, Frankish, or produced by some other group entirely remains unresolved. The Romans themselves were aware of such pieces circulating in border zones, and their presence in hoards on both sides of the frontier complicates any clean narrative about where official coinage ended and imitation began.