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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2739642, member: 19463&quot;]TIF asks a great question on any imitations.&nbsp; How do we know how long after the originals an imitation was made.&nbsp; We hear theories attached to some specific issues but we need hoard evidence well studied to even make a good guess.&nbsp; If a group of copies is found in a place far from the original place, how are we to know that the makers knew any more about the original other than it was a coin and they wanted some coins so they made some?&nbsp; When were the coins we call Barbarous Radiates made?&nbsp; Time of Tetricus, time of Constantine, time of the Byzantines or, perhaps, all of the above.&nbsp; Even if you prove one coin was hoarded with an official, dateable coin it says nothing about thousands of others.&nbsp; We study all the evidence the best we can but we should avoid believing we have all the answers.</p><p>My favorite imitation:</p><p>&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]625100[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...or is it this one?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]625101[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>...maybe this one?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]625102[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>What do I really <i>know</i> about any?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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