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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 5491467, member: 98035"]Very cool!</p><p><br /></p><p>The barbarous coins of this period are usually quite good - fully literate legends rather than I's or scribble marks. I guess they probably were meant to circulate at par with the official pieces, although as mentioned, they are usually smaller and lighter than official coins. Probably didn't matter so much as long as they spent the same in the local economy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one too, different reverse and struck with dies much too large for the flan</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239534[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 5491467, member: 98035"]Very cool! The barbarous coins of this period are usually quite good - fully literate legends rather than I's or scribble marks. I guess they probably were meant to circulate at par with the official pieces, although as mentioned, they are usually smaller and lighter than official coins. Probably didn't matter so much as long as they spent the same in the local economy. I have one too, different reverse and struck with dies much too large for the flan [ATTACH=full]1239534[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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