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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2988569, member: 44316&quot;]Here is an <b>official</b> coin of the OP type, but from a different mint.[ATTACH=full]736738[/ATTACH] </p><p>It is 27 mm, 1 mm smaller in diameter, and 9.78 grams, a bit lighter. Usually imitations are smaller than originals, but not the OP imitation. Remarkable!</p><p>Note how the legend from 10:00 to 2:00 (TOR - REI) is complete on the original here and not on the imitation. </p><p>Mintmark: SMHB</p><p>RIC Heraclea 2</p><p><br /></p><p>I put it on my site about ancient imitations:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/</a></p><p>at the page on imitations from Valentinian and later:</p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitRICIX.html#AE1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitRICIX.html#AE1" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitRICIX.html#AE1</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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