i think we're in the rage of mega or gigadrachm. as DS pointed out, i guess it doesn't really make sense. so that wanted it to look pretty roman, but didn't care about the exact details. on a restaurant wall or something?
Some Mardi Gras crews use these on their floats. I'm not sure if the float builders make them or buy them from somewhere, but I would suspect that they make them. Are they paper mâché?
Not sure where they got it from I was tempted to get but passed. It will end up on his wall in the coin shop