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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 2491922, member: 9204&quot;]Illegal, but more or less tolerated, depending on the kind of counterfeit, time period, and location. See: Boon, &quot;Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain,&quot; in <i>Coins and the Archaeologist</i>. (Great article and great publication. I strongly recommend it.)</p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re somewhat collectable, about as much as the official issues of Claudius II. Unfortunately, there&#039;s just so much we don&#039;t know about these yet that its hard to narrow them down to any particular area. We can be reasonably sure, however, that the majority of these appear to originate from Northwest Gaul, within the boundaries of the empire. Some great work has been with later imitations of the Constantininian Urbs Roma issues that does, however, manage to isolate the mints for a small, close-knit series down to the region of East Anglia.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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