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Antoninianus - Claudius II Gothicus CONSECRATIO; Barbarous imitation.

Issuer Uncertain barbarous city (Rome)
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Type Standard circulation coin
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Reverse script Latin
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Barbarous radiates imitating Claudius II's CONSECRATIO types flooded northwestern Europe in the early 270s, struck by unofficial moneyers — likely in Gaul and Britain — filling a vacuum left when central Roman mint output collapsed under Aurelian's currency reforms. The CONSECRATIO types were particularly favored as models, possibly because the eagle reverse was simple enough to copy without skilled die-cutters.

Attribution to Rome here is speculative at best; these pieces resist precise localization.

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