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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Conduitt, post: 7836807, member: 109923&quot;]Yes it does look barbarous, but as you say, a very good style. It&#039;s tricky because even the official issues were dreadful. I mean, despite the spelling mistakes it looks like your engraver knew how to read, which most barbarous engravers didn&#039;t seem to be able to do. Often they didn&#039;t even bother with actual letters. In that sense, they <i>all </i>have unique obverses, reverses and legends.</p><p><br /></p><p>How big is it? I think official coins are nearer 18mm or so. I don&#039;t know, but the pitting might be because the alloy was cheap, and some metals leached out quicker than others.</p><p><br /></p><p>The barbarous radiates I have from that time are much cruder, but I only collect those from Britain - it seems the counterfeiters in Britain were at an all-time low. I&#039;ve seen barbarous radiates from the Continent that are much better.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the official issues weren&#039;t great either. This, I think, is an official version of your coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tetricus II Antoninianus, 271-274</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347413[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cologne/Trier. Bronze, 18mm, 2.6g. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES. SPES AVGG (RIC V2 270).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The bust is good but it looks like they engraved the legends and reverse with a penknife. Worse than yours, I think. You&#039;d think it was too crude to be official - well, I did - until you see the barbarous issues:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tetricus of some sort, or maybe Claudius II, 270-280s</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347408[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>&#039;Bronze&#039; 16mm, 2.4g. AEQ? </b>Reverse seems to be Aequitas, which might mean it&#039;s Claudius II, although the bust doesn&#039;t seem to have a beard. Or much of a face.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tetricus I, 270-280s</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347410[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Bronze, 15mm, 1.1g.</b> The reverse legend doesn&#039;t seem to offer any help in identifying the figure, but I think they have wings.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Tetricus I, 270-280s</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347411[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Bronze, 10mm, 0.3g. Laetitia standing, holding rudder and cornucopea. </b>The legends are again no help. If they are indeed legends.</p><p><br /></p><p>So yours looks much closer to official than barbarous![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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