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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 6239537, member: 84905&quot;]Thank you for your interesting comments. This seems to be an under researched field of numismatics.</p><p>We had a brief discussion about imitations of Magnentius in a different thread, where I showed this recent acquisition of mine:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247014[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Somebody made the interesting comment, that these relatively common Magentius/Decentius imitations were minted during a brief period between the death of Magnentius and the battle of Argentoratum when Rome temporarily lost control over the upper Rhine area to various Alamannic war lords. I found this interpretation quite intriguing and plausible.</p><p>Roman urban life continued, but the official institutions started to deteriorate. Maybe these were the conditions also under which the many Gallic Empire imitations and the Constantinian imitations were produced.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the fallen horseman-type was produced in the Balkan, one would have to look for such events around the middle to late 4th century where border regions started to slip away from Roman control, but where there was still enough urban life to require small change bronze coins. As you said, Goths or other East Germanic groups may have played a role.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one more fallen horseman imitation:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1247013[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin doesn&#039;t photograph well, but it is quite remarkable and much nicer in hand.</p><p>I suppose there is no reliable find spot or hoard evidence for these imitations. This would really help a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Best</p><p>Dirk[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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