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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2719446, member: 76086&quot;]Most often you will not be able to determine where a local imitation was produced unless it is well documented and studied (Celtic from the Balkan region, barbarous radiates, etc).&nbsp; More often it will depend on whether or not you have reliable information about its find spot (highly unlikely) but with Claudius most often it is Spain and Britain.&nbsp; From this time period imitations were not counterfeits really, but issued out of necessity due to a lack of mint coinage.&nbsp; One would have to dive into the topic to decide which is more likely but that is the best answer one can get in general.&nbsp; I think this is my only imitation in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]615575[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>CNG 384, Lot 551.&nbsp; Claudius. </b>AD 41-54. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 18.67 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of Rome mint issue. Laureate head right / Spes advancing left, holding up flower and raising hem of skirt. For prototype, cf. RIC I 99 and 115. Fine, green and brown patina.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Tom was a big collector of imitations, which he never sold that I recall.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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