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Auction 7 24-25 Oct 2020
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UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Late 3rd-early 4th centuries. 'Aureus' (Gold, 20 mm, 4.65 g, 6 h), 'Bulky Head Group'. Imitating Diocletian, 284-305, or Maximianus, 286-305. mΛΩXZΞΩ ΩΞZIΛΩ Laureate head of Diocletian or Maximianus to left. Rev. HFCIVSL[...]TSTΛm Fecunditas standing front, head to left, holding two infants in her arms; on either side, two other children standing left and right, raising one hand toward the goddess. A curious and interesting piece. Holed and with a die break on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.
From the Aurum Barbarorum Collection.
This piece differs significantly from the first three coins in the 'Bulky Head Group': it has a somewhat similar clumsy shape of the head, but the thick neck is quite different and the slit eye high up on the nose makes it look like the portrait of a Cyclops. What is even more curious, however, is the singular choice of the reverse type, which is derived from an aureus of Faustina Junior (Calicó 2052)!
From the Aurum Barbarorum Collection.
This piece differs significantly from the first three coins in the 'Bulky Head Group': it has a somewhat similar clumsy shape of the head, but the thick neck is quite different and the slit eye high up on the nose makes it look like the portrait of a Cyclops. What is even more curious, however, is the singular choice of the reverse type, which is derived from an aureus of Faustina Junior (Calicó 2052)!