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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2508025, member: 74282&quot;]I still need to take my own picture of this coin but here&#039;s one that recently arrived that fits the theme:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533028[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a good silver(as opposed to fouree) imitation of an denarius of C. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, original prototype struck circa 61 B.C. This may be of Dacian origin but as multiple groups imitated these types it is impossible to say for sure without find spot evidence. What makes it even more interesting is that the particular series imitated is one that used unique control marks( on each die, so I was able to find a coin struck with the &quot;official&quot; dies that used this symbol pair(note: <b>not my coin</b>, thanks ArtCoinsRoma for the image):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]533031[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Imitations of Roman Republic coinage, unknown group(possible Geto-Dacians), AR denarius(18mm, 3.59g), after 61 B.C. Types of C. Calpurnius Piso Frugi. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, Π / Horseman right with palm; above, star; below, CΓISOLΓ. Cf. Crawford 408/1a, obv. die 6(Π), rev. die 14(star) for prototype</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I&#039;d like to give a big thanks to [USER=19615]@Volodya[/USER] - I spotted this coin in a dealer&#039;s inventory, identified as a standard denarius(makes you wonder how closely he looked at it) and I was almost certain that it was an imitative and was ancient based on the style compared to others I&#039;d seen, but Volodya&#039;s vote of confidence and discussion via PM made me feel much better about buying it[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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