LARGE ROMAN COIN PENDANT FROM THE PERIOD OF DECLINE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

IN 14KY GOLD

309 - 313 A.D.

This is a large and substantial high grade ancient Roman coin minted at the onset of the fall of the Roman Empire.  The 14KY gold pendant features a bronze follis of Maximinus Daia when he served as Augustus between 309 and 313 A.D..  It is an impressive and exquisitely preserved genuine ancient bronze follis of one of Rome's emperors who began service as a Caesar after the resignation of Diocletian and Maximianus.  The beautiful classic Roman ancient art style is perfectly captured in this bold side profile.  A heavy and highly prized dark green patina covers the coin which is set in a high polished 14K yellow gold setting, beautifully complimenting coin's rich hue.

For decades, the well-disciplined Roman army held the barbarians of Germany back along the  the Rhine-Danube frontier.  Finally, in the 3rd century A. D., a civil war broke out in Italy and the Roman military was called from the northern boundaries to fight the civil war at home.  Such action left this Roman border vulnerable to attack and eventually, Germanic tribes from the north overran the region and subsequently moved to overtake Roman lands in Greece and Gaul (France).  During this time, the Roman Empire had been split into two separate monarchies - East and West.  The Christian conversion of Constantine and focus on the new capitol Constantinople in the East, the West was fast losing focus and power.  In 476 A. D.,  the Germanic warlord Odacer (aka Odovacar) overthrew the last of the West Roman Emperors, Augustulus Romulus.  From that point, the western half of the Empire was ruled by the Germanic barbarians and west Roman infrastructure crumbled.  Roads and bridges were left in disrepair and fields left untilled.  The lack of a standing, organized military and administration made travel unsafe in the region due to pirates and bandits.  Without working farms, trade disappeared and no longer could businesses survive to support the west Roman cities.  What was unthinkable just a couple of centuries earlier had finally come to pass - the splendor and might of Rome was no more.

A wonderful and important artifact from ancient history.

Overall diameter is impressively large at 26 mm.

CPR062     $325     COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY / HISTORY SHEET

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