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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3237940, member: 19463&quot;]I lack the ability to look at such coins and say &#039;Celtic&#039; as opposed to &#039;Indian&#039; or several places in-between.&nbsp; Several people here have shown Roman Republican copies usually assigned to the Dacian region (?).&nbsp; I have none of those.&nbsp; My first is the Tiberius. At least a dozen of these were found in India and all I have seen are from the same die set.&nbsp; You can tell the original coin being copied was off center on the obverse since the copy dies lacked certain letters.</p><p>Tiberius AR denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]846904[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are several mid to late 2nd century Roman copies around but I do not know if they all come from one region or where any were found. These have been around a while so it is not a recent find. </p><p><br /></p><p>Faustina I AR denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]846905[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus AR denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]846906[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Septimius Severus AR denarius</p><p>[ATTACH=full]846908[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Later, we get the copies called Barbarous radiates.&nbsp; Like all copies, these vary from close to official style to barely recognizable scraps of metal.&nbsp; I have no idea how anyone is ever going to be able to assign these to a time and place in a meaningful way.&nbsp; Guessing is not hard.&nbsp; There are many people doing that.</p><p>This is my only Barbarous radiate with a left facing bust.&nbsp; The reverse figure holds a rudder.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]846911[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll skip Constantine who was well covered by others and go to Constantius II or similar Falling Horseman clearly marked as being made at the IIIIII mint.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]846920[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>There are some periods where it is really hard to tell whether a coin is from a bad day at the regular mint or a good barbarous effort.&nbsp; Postumus, Carausius and Magnentius often fall in this category.&nbsp; Below is a Decentius that is in no danger of being confused with official mint product. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]846924[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I like unofficial ancient coins and there are a million of them out there that are rejected by most collectors and dealers.&nbsp; They may be interesting but make a terrible field of study for people who require absolute answers to every question.&nbsp; The inevitable question is how we tell ancient trash from modern fakes.&nbsp; We do the best we can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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