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Unknown Æ - Imitating Antoninus Pius, 138-161
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 175-275 |
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| Currency | Aureus (circa 150-325) |
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| Obverse description | Crude barbarous imitation of a Roman imperial portrait, depicting a laureate and draped bust of Antoninus Pius facing right, rendered in a roughly executed provincial or Germanic style with noticeably simplified facial features and shallow relief. The surrounding legend is a garbled approximation of the standard Antonine imperial titulature, partially legible as DTT ANINVSAV[...] PRXV, reflecting the imitator's imperfect familiarity with the Latin alphabet. The portrait retains the general outline of the Roman prototype but lacks the refined detail of official Rome mint coinage. The flan is irregular in shape and shows uneven surfaces consistent with primitive hammered production. Overall workmanship is characteristic of barbarous imitations circulating in Germanic territories during the late 2nd to mid-3rd century. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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