Nummus CAESARVM NOSTRORVM VOT X, Barbarous imitation

Barbarous imitations of the CAESARVM NOSTRORVM votive issues proliferated across the northwestern provinces in the early 320s, copying coins struck for Constantine's sons at mints from Trier to Siscia. The imitators clearly understood the commercial function of the coin better than its political one — the votive inscription commemorating ten-year vows for the young Caesars meant nothing beyond the Rhine or in de-monetized rural Britain, but the size and weight passed well enough in local exchange.

Attribution is nearly impossible without die-linking to a known workshop series.