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- Model: Geto-dacians denarius
mitations of Roman Republic. Geto-Dacians. Denarius (after 119 BC). Hybrid, imitating an uncertain issue with helmeted head of Roma for obv. and M. Furius L.f. Philus for rev..
Obv: Blundered legend.
Helmeted head of Roma right.
Rev: Blundered legend in exergue.
Roma standing left, holding sceptre and crowning trophy of Gallic arms, flanked by carnyx and shield on each side.
Cf. Davis Class A; cf. Crawford 281/1 (for rev. prototype).
Condition: Very fine.
Weight: 3.90 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.
Struck by the Geto-Dacians north of the Lower Danube, where Roman Republican denarii circulated in vast numbers and local workshops produced full-weight, good-silver copies to meet demand. This piece is a hybrid, pairing a Roma-head obverse with the trophy reverse of M. Furius Philus — a combination that never existed officially — with the legends reduced to decorative, meaningless strokes. At 3.90 g and 19 mm it matches the Roman standard exactly, and such imitations circulated freely alongside official denarii, as hoard evidence confirms. Virtually every specimen is struck from unique locally cut dies.