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Denarius Circle and X, Circle and X
| Issuer | Taman, Goths from |
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| Year | 300-350 |
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| Reference(s) | Kleshchinov#392 |
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| Reverse description | A warrior figure stands to the left, holding a spear in the right field. Flanking the warrior's head are two crescents, one on each side, rendered in the barbaric imitative style characteristic of Gothic workshop production. An 'O' and 'X' symbol (circle-and-cross or circle-and-X motif) appears in the lower left field, with a dot, and a corresponding 'OX' device occupies the lower right field. Crescent ornaments are distributed around the periphery of the coin, framing the central design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Gothic settlements in the Taman Peninsula — the Cimmerian Bosporus region between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov — produced a sparse and poorly understood coinage during the fourth century, likely tied to Gothic groups who had absorbed Bosporan monetary practices after the kingdom's effective collapse. These pieces circulated in a zone where Roman, Bosporan, and steppe economies intersected uneasily.
The Kleshchinov corpus remains the primary reference for this material, and attribution is still contested among specialists working on late Bosporan and barbarian issues.