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Imitation Aureus - Ancient India
| Issuer | Uncertain Indian mint |
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| Year | 100-300 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of a Roman imperial effigy facing right, rendered in a barbarous imitative style characteristic of Indian workshop production. The hair is depicted with deeply cut, stylized strands swept back from the brow, and a small cluster of pellets is visible at the neck truncation. A debased peripheral legend surrounds the bust, composed of garbled or pseudo-Latin letterforms arranged in a dotted beaded border. The portraiture, while referencing Roman prototypes, exhibits the flattened facial planes and simplified anatomical modeling typical of sub-continental imitations of the 2nd–3rd century AD. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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