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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2259775, member: 42773&quot;]This one&#039;s a real doozy. The reverse imitates a type of Licinius I, but the bust is all wrong. The engraver copied a coin with bust RIC VII G2 in the same orientation on the die as on the coin, rendering a horizontally-flipped version of G2. Bust G2 doesn&#039;t occur on these types, even in its proper orientation. Notice that he also ran out of room in exergue for the mint mark and placed the L next to the end of the reverse legend. The coin is also substantially under the weight of the follis it imitates.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]448592[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b> <font size="4">Roman Imitative, time of Licinius I, AD 308-324 </font></b></p><p><font size="4"> AE Follis, 18mm, 2.1g, 3h; unofficial but with Arles mint mark, c. AD 319.</font></p><p><font size="4">Obv.: DN LICI-NIVS AVG;Laureate head right, cuirassed, with spear over left shoulder.</font></p><p><font size="4">Rev.: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVG; Emperor holding thunderbolt and scepter, riding on eagle // TAR-L</font></p><p><font size="4"><i>Ex-Rick Morton, Capitoline Collection</i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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