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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3362530, member: 98035&quot;]It always tickles me when we have to engage in debate over whether a particular coin is official or barbarous!</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I haven&#039;t seen yet is non-Roman barbs! I suppose it&#039;s a narrow path between one-off imitations and types that could be said to be a distinct type carried out in the spirit of an original. I always define a barbarous coin as:</p><p>- Not made by any recognized central authority</p><p>- Clearly derived from an archetype that was</p><p>- Usually of greater rarity than the original</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a few of mine</p><p><br /></p><p>Barbarous AE &quot;drachm&quot;, after a Parthian drachm (unique)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891432[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze imitaton of a Kavadh I drachm (about three known)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891433[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Hunnic imitation of a Shapur II drachm (Handful known; one on Grifterrec)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891434[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Billon imitation of an Apollodotus II drachm (unique)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891435[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Barbarous imitation of a Pratihara &quot;Sri Ha&quot; damma (unique)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]891436[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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