UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Late 3rd-early 4th centuries. 'Aureus' (Gold, 23 mm, 5.99 g, 12 h), 'Tetrarchic Adventus Group D'. Imitating Diocletian, 284-305, or Maximianus, 286-305. •Z+ΣCCI ΩYI-IIIՒ Laureate head of Diocletian or Maximianus to left, heavily stylized; below, three pellets-in-crescents. Rev. I+IΓ∾XII-) Diocletian or Maximianus on horseback to left, heavily stylized, holding patera in his right hand and the tail of the horse in his left; in exergue, three crescents. With original suspension loop attached. A wonderful piece of very distinct Germanic style. A few light scratches on the obverse and with a scrape on the reverse, otherwise, very fine.


Struck on a thin but very broad flan, this is one of the most charming pieces in Part II of the Aurum Barbarorum Collection. Of very distinct Germanic style, the piece is a rather distant copy of the Adventus-aurei of Diocletian and Maximianus.