Æ In the name of Constantius II, Horseman facing down, partial reverse legend

These imitative bronzes were produced by Germanic groups — most likely Alemannic or Danubian in origin — who were copying late Roman coinage circulating along and beyond the frontier. The prototypes they worked from were often worn or fragmentary, which explains the degraded reverse legend: the die-cutters were reproducing shapes they couldn't read. Constantius II's name was prestigious enough to borrow well after his death in 361, lending these pieces a currency that outlasted the emperor himself by decades.