Late Roman Bronze Coins
Coin talk => COTD => Topic started by: livingwater on October 07, 2014, 06:36:37 PM
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I've had this Amiens coin for over twenty years, Magnentius with chi-rho reverse but the A and W are on the wrong sides. It does not appear to me to be barbarous so it must be a mint error? I don't recall seeing another like this.
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That's a neat coin. My first impression is that it is not official, though. The portrait seems a little off and the form of some of the letters in the legends don't look right- the small D of DN on the obverse and the terminal G of AVG and a few others are not really uniform. This period is also one of epidemic minting of unofficial coins.
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Hi Victor,
Yes I think you are right, an unofficial coin. Some use "unofficial" and others "barbarous." Is there a difference?
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Yes I think you are right, an unofficial coin. Some use "unofficial" and others "barbarous." Is there a difference?
No, the terms are used interchangeably, though "barbarous" usually infers a more crude style. I try to use unofficial as it encompasses a broader range than what people typically think of with "barbarous".