Early Goths. Mint in Taman peninsula circa AD 300-400.
Denarius Bi
15mm., 1,48g.
Degraded male head right, abstract design with rays emanating from central figure; group of pellets in field / Degraded figure of Mars carrying transverse spear and trophy; three pellets and circle flanking legs; all within wreath.
very fine
L.N. Kazamanova, "Varvarskie podrazhaniia rimskim denariam s tipom idushchego Marsa," Vestnik Drevneél Istorii 1 (1961), Group III; D. Faltin, "Taman Imitiations - 'Coins of the Unknown People," The Celator 20, 7 (July 2006), pp. 22-6.