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Pillar of the Community
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Can't seem to find this one anywhere its approx 12mm maybe Victory reverse with chi rho? I was thinking Valentinian II or III but can't get anything to fit? Any help really appreciated thanks Paul  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see DN AVGO - NIIIIVG
My money's on barbarous pseudo-imperial. This was one of the most common designs during the imperial breakdown of 430-476, so the Goths just made more; sometimes literate, sometimes not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Finn I think you're right and this looks to be a very good example. I've only come across nice examples of radiates, does that make this coin rare? I'd like to know so if I come across something like this, I'd know what to pay for it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for your help Steve thats interesting.. And theres me searching Arcadius and the 2 Valentines for a couple of hours. No wonder I couldnt get a match  I paid $10 with a couple of other worn coins.. And just liked the look of it..Paul |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Thats a really nice example, too - not seen a full obverse legend on one of these before.
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 United States
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It might even be a Visagothic based on a Roman type coin, especially if it was found in Spain.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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Thanks guys...Do you think what I paid was ok? Just went with my feeling on these coins without any research...I tend to do that sometimes when I like the look of something and its really cheap..  Also any ideas where I can search for this type of coin? Thanks again Paul Edited by Palouche
05/25/2019 6:06 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Arcadius, contemporary imitation. DNARCA-DIVSAVG (or similar). Note the usual "PF" is missing. The reverse prototype is SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, perhaps Nicomedia with staurogram in left field and [S]MN[A/B/Γ] in exergue.
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05/25/2019 7:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There is an overview of Roman imitations in the introductory section of the Dumbarton Oaks Late Roman catalogue, ('Counterfeits and Supplementary Coinages', pp. 69-72). The full catalogue can be downloaded for free here: https://www.doaks.org/research/publ...he-dumbartonMost of the work on imitations of Roman bronze coins has focused on earlier periods but similar economic principles would be applicable to the time of Arcadius. Pierre Bastien's seminal study 'Imitations of Roman Bronze Coins, A.D. 318-363' (ANS Museum Notes 30, pp. 143-178) is also available for free download: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt...000108391198These downloads are authorized by their respective publishers. Edited by Kushanshah
05/26/2019 04:56 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for your time and great info KS  Really appreciated will take a look.. Paul ps..The more I look at this coin the more I like it... Edited by Palouche
05/26/2019 5:33 pm
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Paul - A day late, here is a similar imitative coin from my collection. Probably Theodosius, Victory with trophy and captive, Christogram in the left field. If you count the "letter squares" on the obverse, appears to be same number of letters as "DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG". The lettering on the reverse is "IIIIIIII..." I thought I was buying a Theodosius coin with a few other mystery coins. This is another late-Roman (395 AD?) imitative.   |
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