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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2891890, member: 74282&quot;]Imitations are a lot of fun and very interesting. I think any collector should have a few, even a collector focusing on one particular series like I do:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]695317[/ATTACH] </p><p>Indigenous imitations of Roman Republic coinage, Spain, Æ Semis(6.41g, 21mm). 150-100 B.C., Spanish mint. Laureate head of Saturn right, S behind/Prow of galley right; above, S; below, ROMA. Rippolès-Witschonke group C dies O28 R25</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]695318[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imitations of Roman Republic, Eravisci, AR Denarius(18.6mm, 3.31g, 6h), circa 50-20 B.C., mint in modern-day Hungary. Imitating types of C. Postumius. Bust of diana right, bow and quiver on shoulder / Hound running right, spear below. POSTVMI TA(in ligature) in exergue. Freeman 24(this coin), dies 17/P; Davis Class B, Group II Pannonian, Eraviscan E15(these dies); cf. Crawford 394/1a for prototype</p><p>Ex RBW Collection(Agora 69, 9/26/2017, lot 1). From a hoard partially published in 1998 in &quot;A group of Eraviscan denarii&quot; by Robert Freeman in &quot;Coins of Macedonia and Rome: Essays in Honour of Charles Hersh&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]695319[/ATTACH] </p><p>Imitations of Roman Republic coinage, unknown group(possibly Geto-Dacian?), AR denarius(18mm, 3.59g), after 61 B.C. Types of C. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, Π / Horseman right with palm; above, star; below, CΓISOLΓ. Cf. Crawford 408/1a, obv. die 6(Π), rev. die 14(star) for prototype[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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