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Æ In the name of Magnentius
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 350-425 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | A standing military figure, rendered in a crude barbarous style imitating the official Felicitas Reipublicae type of Magnentius, occupies the center of the reverse field. The figure, facing left, is depicted in military dress, holding a standard or long scepter in the right hand and a Victory or globe in the left, closely following the prototype composition though with simplified and distorted proportions. A blundered exergual mark, partially legible as APLG, appears in the lower field, imitating the mint mark of Lugdunum or Treveri. The surrounding legend is garbled and irregular, reflecting the non-literate die-cutter's attempt to reproduce the official inscription. The overall style is consistent with post-350 Germanic barbarous imitative production. |
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| Reverse lettering | FELICI THS - REIPVBLICE APLG (Blundered imitation of FELICITAS REIPVBLICAE, meaning 'The Felicity of the Republic') |
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Magnentius, the general of barbarian origin who usurped the western throne in 350 and was dead by 353, became an unlikely model for Germanic imitative coinage that continued circulating for decades after his actual issues were long demonetized. These pieces were never official tender and were almost certainly produced beyond the Rhine frontier, where Roman monetary infrastructure did not reach but Roman coin types remained recognizable and practically useful for exchange.
The Weiller-Dal reference places this squarely within the Moselle-Rhine imitative tradition documented in Luxembourg and the Rhineland hoards.