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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 5367248, member: 44316&quot;]I&#039;ve been rephotographing some of my late Roman bronze imitations. I went to numerous coin fairs in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s and, at that time, was collecting ancient imitations (among other things). They were common in Britain. Thousands (I don&#039;t think I am exaggerating) of terrible small FEL TEMP REPARTIO fallen horseman (post 348) were offered and very many GLORIA EXERCITVS two soldiers and one or two standards were offered (330-340, two standards at first, one standard after about 335, with sizes continually decreasing), but not many were in pleasing or remarkable condition. </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I liked about some of them was their small size. A tiny reproduction of a common type appealed to me. However, it is hard to grasp size from a photo, so this next image is today&#039;s attempt to show you what a small GLORIA EXERCITVS is like by comparing it to an official one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1228574[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The small one looks well-enough done to be official, but is only 14-13 mm compared to the larger one which is 19-18 mm (somewhat larger than usual), so I have regarded it as a remarkably well done imitation.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mintmark </p><p>• PLG </p><p>is of 330-331 when official examples are larger. We might wonder if this is a smaller denomination (a half?), but I doubt it. It is too rare to have mattered in the currency system.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, you can&#039;t really get a feel for the size, even from that photo. My reaction to it in hand is &quot;Cute!&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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