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<p>[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 6573288, member: 118358"]Its really hard to say one way or the other. The pseudo imperial visigothic issues in France (which is what this would be if barbaric) are often attributed on style alone...this becomes quite tricky as the western empire crumbles. General mint quality sees a decline and I imagine many of these "imitations" are in actuality a product of declining mints. We really don't know where the line is crossed from official mint production to barbaric imitation, thus the "pseudo imperial" title. All of this to say, your coin is not so distinct in style to be clearly barbaric. The bust style is more akin to later official issues (like Avitus). I would think this was minted post 440 AD. It really doesn't look visigothic (which are quite distinct) and without distinct markings or symbols in the fields, I would say this is an official issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I tend to be conservative with these pseudo imperial identifications)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 6573288, member: 118358"]Its really hard to say one way or the other. The pseudo imperial visigothic issues in France (which is what this would be if barbaric) are often attributed on style alone...this becomes quite tricky as the western empire crumbles. General mint quality sees a decline and I imagine many of these "imitations" are in actuality a product of declining mints. We really don't know where the line is crossed from official mint production to barbaric imitation, thus the "pseudo imperial" title. All of this to say, your coin is not so distinct in style to be clearly barbaric. The bust style is more akin to later official issues (like Avitus). I would think this was minted post 440 AD. It really doesn't look visigothic (which are quite distinct) and without distinct markings or symbols in the fields, I would say this is an official issue. (I tend to be conservative with these pseudo imperial identifications)[/QUOTE]
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