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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7887771, member: 120820&quot;]Ah - thanks! So it seems there must be two different Becker Decentius PRINCIPI types. Your quote from Hill&#039;s book refers to the &quot;smaller&quot; medallion, and the Gnecchi plate bears that out since it happens to show the Decentius type next to the much larger BM medallion.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360821[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gnecchi # 11 coins differs quite a bit in style, both obverse and especially reverse from this larger 30mm Becker type, which must be closer in size to the Gnecchi #10 BM medallion. Interestingly though, the style of Gnecchi # 11 does at least match the reverse style of the genuine Decentius heavy miliarense:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360822[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360823[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1360825[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;d be interesting to see an example of the smaller Becker type for style comparison with Gnecchi # 11.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, still no closer to knowing if this large Becker piece with Chi-Rho is copying something real or not! It seems plausible, but you&#039;d have thought such a coin would be famous if it existed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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