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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2074671, member: 44316&quot;]Scholars are confident production of barbarous radiates stopped very shortly after the Gallic Empire was reconquered by Aurelian in 273. Why? Because there are almost no barbarous radiates with two-figure reverses.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the reasoning. Almost all BRs imitated official types. There was one very noticeable change in official types between the Gallo-Roman empire and the reign of Aurelian. Under the Gallo-Roman empire there were almost no coins with reverse types with two figures. In stark contrast, under Aurelian (who lasted to 275) a high percentage of coins had two standing figures on the reverse. (Search for &quot;Aurelian&quot; on your favorite site.) The lack of two-figure BRs means coins of Aurelian were hardly copied. </p><p><br /></p><p>Copiers were not copying coins current under Aurelian (or later emperors). They didn&#039;t use his legends or legends of later emperors. I used to collect BRs seriously with contacts in England and found only these two small examples that suggest coins of Aurelian were copied:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]384873[/ATTACH] </p><p>This one is very small (about 10 mm) and has a very unusual two-figure reverse. The next one is a bit larger (about 12 mm) and has bust decoration the reminds one of the decorated armor of Aurelian or Probus (without certainty). </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]384874[/ATTACH] </p><p>The great rarity of copies that appear to copy coins later than Tetricus (273) is convincing evidence that the minting of BRs stopped shortly after 273.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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