UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES, Pseudo-Imperial coinage. Late 3rd-early 4th centuries. 'Aureus' (Gold, 18 mm, 4.42 g, 12 h), ‘Early Group’. Imitating Antoninus Pius, 138-161. ANTONINV[S] AVS P IR P L III Laureate head of Antoninus Pius to right. Rev. IƆIHTƆI\/[...]EIIΞ\/ Victory hurrying right, both hands raised; in upper left field, pellets (stylized wreath?). Holed and with a minor scrape on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.


Unlike the obverse, which is clearly derived from an aureus of Antoninus Pius and carries somewhat sensible legends, the reverse is a freer and much more stylized copy, perhaps of a coin showing Victory with a wreath.