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Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 03/17/2015 07:05 am A nice little selection of Barbarous minims. The really nice one is 9mm, excellently preserved with good style. The legend is just visible but unreadable - theres scope for a little more cleaning, then ill leave it be. I havent decided what type its imitatig yet - appears to be a muscle clad male, rearwards facing, striding left. Report this Post to the Staff

tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 03/17/2015 07:22 am Nice little set BEN The bottom 1 reminds me of a Claudius II, Mars ? carrying trophies. I need to go through my radiates to see if I have anything interesting in there Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 03/17/2015 07:23 am Very interesting My favorite is the one that has the balloon muscle reverse Edited by Augustus Maximus 03/17/2015 07:24 am Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 03/17/2015 07:41 am It seems to be a VIRTVS reverse (the reverse legend seems to start V). They all look to be typical Tetrici. Hopefully the obverse will show up a couple of letters - judging by the style, id expect the legend not to be blundered. Its interesting, I havent had one in the style of the bottom coin before. Seen plenty from the top right and a few from the top left. The bust is clearly cut by a well trained celator. EDIT: It is indeed Claudius. The legend reads I...[CL?]AV... Edited by Ben 03/17/2015 08:00 am Report this Post to the Staff
tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 03/17/2015 08:02 am The chicken drumstick legs and muscular torso appear on the provincial types of Cladius II, maybe its one of those ? I like them no matter who they are Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4971 Posts	Posted 03/18/2015 6:28 pm those are nice little barbs, especially that bottom one. Report this Post to the Staff
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