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Taman Goths. AR Denarius. Circa 3rd to 4th Century AD.(2.35g.) Abstract male head, radiate, facing right. Rev. Degraded depiction of Mars, carrying a transverse trophy, double X and O in field (cf Kazamanova Vestnik Drevneel Istorii I (1961), Group I; Faltin “ Taman Imitations – Coins of the Unknown People ” Celator 20, 7 (July 2006), pp.22-26; also The New York Sale XXVIII, lot 1090). Debased metal, extremely fine, a choice example. Very rare.
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Taman Goths. BI Denarius. Circa 3rd to 4th Century AD.MIGRATION PERIOD, Taman Peninsula. Goths. (2,56 g.) Stage 3. Schematized head right / Mars advancing right, holding spear; +s and Xs across field. Cf. Sergeev 330 and 340-1 (for type).
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Taman Goths. BI Denarius. Circa 3rd to 4th Century AD.MIGRATION PERIOD, Taman Peninsula. Goths. (2,44 g.) Stage 2. Schematized head right / Mars advancing right, holding spear; O X across field. Cf. Sergeev 380 (for type).
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