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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7625168, member: 84905"]Doug's coin above is very interesting. I have an imitative Julia Maesa (Elagabal's grandmother) denarius. The coin is also not a fourree. I don't have the measurements at hand, but the coin is quite heavy. Interestingly, for this coin I know that it was found far away from the Roman empire. In the third century Roman denari were copied by Germanic and/or Sarmatian people. I think it is possible, that Doug's coin, despite its fine style, may belong to that group.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1312023[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Such imitations can be extremely stylized (barbaric). For the following coin I don't know what the model was. It was found in Ukraine, hundreds of kilometers away from the Roman empire:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1312028[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7625168, member: 84905"]Doug's coin above is very interesting. I have an imitative Julia Maesa (Elagabal's grandmother) denarius. The coin is also not a fourree. I don't have the measurements at hand, but the coin is quite heavy. Interestingly, for this coin I know that it was found far away from the Roman empire. In the third century Roman denari were copied by Germanic and/or Sarmatian people. I think it is possible, that Doug's coin, despite its fine style, may belong to that group. [ATTACH=full]1312023[/ATTACH] Such imitations can be extremely stylized (barbaric). For the following coin I don't know what the model was. It was found in Ukraine, hundreds of kilometers away from the Roman empire: [ATTACH=full]1312028[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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