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1 Denarius X and circle, XX
| Issuer | Taman, Goths from |
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| Year | 275-325 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Highly stylized, barbaric effigy of a head facing right, rendered in a crude provincial style characteristic of Gothic imitative coinage. The head features an exaggerated radiate crown with boldly incised, splaying rays, and a heavily stylized facial treatment with schematic features. The hair is rendered as a mass of pellets or clustered beads below the crown, and the overall execution displays the degenerate imitation of late Roman imperial portraiture typical of the Taman Gothic series. |
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| Reverse description | A winged figure, likely a stylized Victory or similar allegorical personification derived from late Roman imperial prototypes, standing facing. To the left of the figure appears an X symbol accompanied by a circle, while to the right are two X marks, likely representing debased or misunderstood imitations of Roman mint control marks or value indicators. The overall design is rendered in a crude, schematic barbarian style with little anatomical detail, consistent with the Gothic imitative coinage of the Taman region. |
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These Gothic imitative denarii, produced in the Taman Peninsula region around the turn of the fourth century, emerged from communities absorbing Roman monetary practices while Roman imperial authority in the northern Black Sea littoral was collapsing. The X and circle / XX control marks remain poorly understood — likely internal accounting symbols rather than anything tied to officina structure as Romans would have used them.
Billon content varies wildly across the type, reflecting opportunistic metalworking rather than any controlled mint standard.