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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jessvc, post: 1363080, member: 33495&quot;]I think barbarous is a broad term- meaning coins made when there was a need for coinage imitating another coin type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]159537.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]159538.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]159539.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]159540.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple more interesting barbs. the first one was a metal detector find in the Uk and i havent been able to find too many examples of its an imitation of </p><p>CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, laureate head rightSPES PVBLICA across field, labarum, with three medallions on drapery and crowned by a christogram, spearing serpent. CONS in exergue. RIC VII 19.</p><p>&nbsp;According to RIC, this famous reverse type represents the defeat of&nbsp; tyranny by the death of Licinius. Yet, the scene also has powerful&nbsp; Christian imagery in that it allegorically portrays the power of&nbsp; Christianity over evil.</p><p>The second coin is in over strike or double strike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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