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1 Denarius Pellets, circle
| Issuer | Goths (Taman Peninsula) |
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| Year | 275-325 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Stylized radiate motif occupying the central field, rendered in a highly abstracted barbaric manner characteristic of Gothic imitative coinage. The design features bold, fan-like radiating lines spreading from a central point, flanked by a cluster of pellets to the right, possibly representing a bunch of grapes or a schematic bust. The overall execution is crude and irregular, reflecting the provincial workshop tradition of the Taman Peninsula region. No legible legend is present, consistent with the barbarian imitative series of this period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Taman Peninsula, ancient Tmutarakan, sat at the junction of the Black and Azov Seas — a transit point between the steppe world and Greek colonial remnants. The Gothic presence there in the late third and early fourth centuries produced a coinage that borrowed heavily from degraded Roman billon prototypes, reflecting access to Roman monetary forms without Roman institutional control. These issues are poorly documented and attribution remains contested among specialists.
The pellet-and-circle ornamentation is a degeneration marker, appearing as Roman prototype legends became illegible to local die-cutters and were replaced with geometric filler.