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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 3227410, member: 82549&quot;]If you date that coin, it should pay its own way.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think your coin is unofficial. It is what is called a barbarous imitation. It was minted about the same time as the regular issue, but it&#039;s not from an official mint. Most likely it&#039;s from an area near the borders of the Empire, where there was a shortage of official coins. They are very common for this particular type. Some collectors make a specialty of studying them. Here&#039;s another example from my collection, imitating a coin from the Siscia mint:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/71.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Unknown mint, 4th century A.D. </p><p>Barbarous imitation of Constantine the Great, VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse type.</p><p>Obv: Gibberish - Bust, left, in high-crested helmet, spear over right shoulder, shield over left.</p><p>Rev: Gibberish - Two Victories, facing each other, holding inscribed shield over altar.</p><p>17 mm, 2.1 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>. . . and the official coin that it is imitating:</p><p><img src="http://feltemp.com/Images/70.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Siscia mint, A.D. 319-320</p><p>RIC 95, variant</p><p>Obv: IMP CONSTANT-INVS AVG</p><p>Rev: VICT[dot] LAETAE&nbsp; PRINC PERP - Two Victories, facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT/PR over altar</p><p>ΓSIS[star] in exergue; S in altar.</p><p>20 x 18 mm, 3.2 g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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