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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Julius Germanicus, post: 8257077, member: 80783&quot;]I have posted this little gem a couple of time before, but it seems to fit here:</p><p>One of the earliest coins ever made in what is now Ukraine (and one of the earliest Germanic coins):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455817[/ATTACH] </p><p>IIII-IT — IIIIII - laureate and cuirassed bust of Maximian left.</p><p>II — IISIII (the S reversed) - helmeted Roma seated left on throne with X beneath seat, holding Victory on extended right hand and resting on sceptre held in left.</p><p>Aureus (gold plated over base metal core), irregular mint in western Ukraine</p><p>Chernyakhov culture, ca. 300-310 aD, found in the Ternopil region, Ukraine</p><p>19,83 mm / 2,56 g / pierced in antiquity</p><p>Oleg Anohin &quot;Counterfeiting among barbarian tribes in the territory of modern Ukraine and Moldova. Catalog of barbaric imitations&quot; (2015), Nr.87 (this coin);</p><p>ex Savoca Numismatik 17th Blue auction (01.03.2019), lot 1894[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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