ANCIENT COINS. ROMAN COINS. ROMAN EMPIRE. TAMAN GOTHS. Denarius, c.3rd - 4th Century A.D. AR 1.71 g. Abstract male head, radiate r. Rev. Degraded depiction of Mars carrying transverse trophy, double X and O in field. cf Kazamanova Vestnik Drevneel Istorii I (1961), Group II. Faltin, “Taman Imitations - Coins of the Unknown People” The Celator 20, 7 (July 2006), pp.22-6. Debased metal. Very Rare. Based on Roman coins of the Mars advancing type, these very rare imitative Denarii were stuck on the Taman peninsula of the Black Sea (east of Crimea). They are generally considered to be the first Gothic coinage. Good very fine US$ 500
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