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<p>[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 5959042, member: 75482"]In this context, "barbarous" and "counterfeit" are effectively synonymous. "Barbarous" should not be taken to imply 'barbarian', only that the workmanship is un-Roman (unofficial) to a greater or lesser degree. The evidence suggests that the minters were in it for profit and were knowingly violating the law. The markets seem to have accepted the copies as small-change due to regional shortages of official coin. There is debate regarding to what level such imitations were "tolerated" by the government. Some suggest that it was not so much tolerance but an inability on the part of the authorities to control the problem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dltsrq, post: 5959042, member: 75482"]In this context, "barbarous" and "counterfeit" are effectively synonymous. "Barbarous" should not be taken to imply 'barbarian', only that the workmanship is un-Roman (unofficial) to a greater or lesser degree. The evidence suggests that the minters were in it for profit and were knowingly violating the law. The markets seem to have accepted the copies as small-change due to regional shortages of official coin. There is debate regarding to what level such imitations were "tolerated" by the government. Some suggest that it was not so much tolerance but an inability on the part of the authorities to control the problem.[/QUOTE]
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