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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3237765, member: 84744&quot;][USER=10613]@Victor_Clark[/USER] is the person to ask about these... I believe he&#039;s compiling quite the collection.&nbsp; I really like the bold, simplified design on yours, and the legend is great. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my best one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]846828[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of them (including yours [as you note] and mine) are imitating the VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP type of Constantine I, usually the Siscia mint (when the imitated legend is recognizable in the mintmark).&nbsp; Here are my notes on this coin: &quot;These imitations were struck in the Balkans/Danube region, after Constantine&#039;s reform of the coinage increased the silver content from 1-3% to 3-5%. Forgeries were common (using metal from older coins with lower silver content), but these are clearly imitative rather than forgeries - perhaps inspired by the forgeries, however.&nbsp; It is likely that they were minted and used by German tribes in the border areas, e.g. the Goths, before the first Gothic war in 367.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I love imitations of Roman coins.&nbsp; Right now I&#039;m into this sort of thing from South India, evidence for Roman-Indian trade via the Red Sea :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]846829[/ATTACH]</p><p>It would have been used in the 4th century or later by the Tamil people under the Kalabhra dynasty.&nbsp;&nbsp; As you can maybe see, it&#039;s imitating a GLORIA EXERCITVS type with the two soldiers and standard.&nbsp; This one has a very Roman looking bust, but some other busts look rather different:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]846830[/ATTACH]</p><p>These seem pretty hard to find, and there&#039;s not much info on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe [USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER] also has a cool Indian imitation, and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] has a much earlier one that I&#039;d like to get an example of.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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