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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 7506919, member: 56653&quot;]What is very interesting in my opinion is the copying of scarce or rare issues or the downright invention of issues that are not (yet) known from the original and official mints -- the double effigy of Caracalla and Geta from [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] the CASTOR someone else posted, the &quot;quinarius&quot; of Alexander, [USER=98035]@Finn235[/USER] &#039;s Caracalla-Plautilla mule, there was even a &quot;antoninianus&quot; of Alexander in 2015, see <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/unlikely-rarity-severus-alexander-antoninian.265189/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/unlikely-rarity-severus-alexander-antoninian.265189/">here</a>. </p><p><br /></p><p>It also seems to be some tradition or underlying conditioning that evades us: in the first half of the 4th century we see this again, but this time with struck semi-official or semi-barbarous coinages of very rare types or invented types that were not coined by the imperial mints. This happens this time on the Rhine and in Gallia proper. </p><p><br /></p><p>See for instance Constantine II holding spear and globe on a BEATA reverse. Almost good enough to pass as an official London mint. But not quite there. And completely unknown as a type from London also:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1297092[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Or Licinius II with consular legend from Lugdunum? Unheard of.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1297094[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Where these innovative types purposefully made like this as to not be seen as counterfeiting the official imperial mint coinage of the day?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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