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<p>[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 5491187, member: 109923"]I have a chewed up one of these that I think might be barbarous - the VOT seems to overlap the design. It was described as a Maiorina but I think it is half the weight (although this seems to depend on exactly when it was minted).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Magnentius, 350s</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239519[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Two Victories, 18mm, 2.69g (cf Sear Amiens 18815, RIC VIII 7).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>There was something of an explosion of barbarous coin production in Britain and Gaul in the 350s due to coin shortages. I believe this was caused by the coin reform of Constantius II and Constans in 348AD. The London mint ceased production in 325, which wouldn't have helped.</p><p><br /></p><p>Quite often at the periphery of the Empire the Romans didn't pay too much attention to unofficial coins (or, indeed, ensuring there was adequate supply of official ones).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 5491187, member: 109923"]I have a chewed up one of these that I think might be barbarous - the VOT seems to overlap the design. It was described as a Maiorina but I think it is half the weight (although this seems to depend on exactly when it was minted). [B]Magnentius, 350s[/B] [ATTACH=full]1239519[/ATTACH] [B]Two Victories, 18mm, 2.69g (cf Sear Amiens 18815, RIC VIII 7).[/B] There was something of an explosion of barbarous coin production in Britain and Gaul in the 350s due to coin shortages. I believe this was caused by the coin reform of Constantius II and Constans in 348AD. The London mint ceased production in 325, which wouldn't have helped. Quite often at the periphery of the Empire the Romans didn't pay too much attention to unofficial coins (or, indeed, ensuring there was adequate supply of official ones).[/QUOTE]
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