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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3633245, member: 85693&quot;]These radiates can be tough to attribute, especially in the condition yours is in - there is just not enough detail left to make a firm identification, I&#039;m guessing. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, it is pretty cool you found an ancient in a lot like this.&nbsp; There was a recent thread here on CT about ancient coins circulating into modern times (and I read once that the meter-readers of Los Angeles once found a late Roman bronze while cleaning out the money from parking meters - unfortunately I&#039;ve lost the reference, so it is an &quot;urban legend&quot;). </p><p><br /></p><p>Augustus coins is a great site to visit for ancients in general - and there is a barbarous radiate section:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://augustuscoins.com/BarbarousRadiates.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://augustuscoins.com/BarbarousRadiates.html" rel="nofollow">http://augustuscoins.com/BarbarousRadiates.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They even made Wikipedia!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarous_radiate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarous_radiate" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarous_radiate</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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