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Message:: [QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 2934285, member: 44316"]The OP coin is surely barbarous. Magnentius is known for having many imitations. Here is one. [ATTACH=full]713093[/ATTACH] AE18.  6:00.  3.04 grams. Distinctly smaller than the originals. Very well executed. All the letters of the legend are in their proper postions, but not quite with official letter forms.  Mintmark prototype from Lyons, RIC Lyon 117, with a U-like shape followed by PLC, where here the U is upside down.  Prototype struck 350-Spring 351 before the elevation of Decentius. From a dealer in England who said it was from Spain. Here is another:[ATTACH=full]713097[/ATTACH] A few milimeters smaller than the originals. The "A" behind the head is almost an "H". The portrait style is not far from official. Many letters on the reverse are reasonably well-formed, but the initial "G" of GLORIA is backwards. The prototype mintmark is RPLC of Lyons, RIC 115, plate 5.115. This is a faithful copy of the types. From a dealer in Spain. For other imitations of Magnentius and Decentius, see<a href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitmagnentius.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitmagnentius.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/ed/imit/imitmagnentius.html</a>[/QUOTE]