Obverse: Bust of the Emperor (Marcus Aurelius) wearing laurel wreath, armor and paludamentum to the right, in the rim the barbarized legend ANTONINVS AV-AININIACVS.
Reverse: Concordia seated on a throne to the left, holding a patera, in the rim pseudo legend P M TP P XVIII IMP II COS I II
Gilded bronze, diameter 19.3-20.0 mm, weight 4.32 g.
Provenance: Nomos, Obolos 6, no. 810: 11.2016; formerly ex Classical Numismatic Group E-sale 311 (25.09.2013), no. 968.
An excellent example of an early imitation from the Gothic culture, which inhabited the areas of mainly southeastern Poland and Ukraine in the late 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. In the Gothic circle, Roman coins had mainly non-economic significance - they were an indicator of prestige. Therefore, mainly Roman aureus were collected and imitated, but also made in gold or only gold-plated imitations of denarii and antoninians. For the type offered, only the prototype denarius is known. Since it lacks the holes or pendants characteristic of this cultural circle, it is highly likely that the "coin" was intended to be set in a gold pendant, like the other known piece from the CNG 63 auction, No. 1373.
