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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 4573166, member: 44316&quot;]I collected barbarous radiates for many years and I spent some time in England in the 1980s and 1990s where they were common at coin shows. (Maybe they still are, but I have not been back for a long time.) Baldwin&#039;s, when it was still owned by the Baldwin family, had boxes I went through.&nbsp; In the time period from 1988 to about 1991 I got them to agree to send me any hoards that came thorough. Not many did,&nbsp; and nothing large, but I bought hundreds of coins inexpensively.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years I did a lot of pruning and have many fewer than I used to, but some of the remaining ones are special. For example, this one is tie for my smallest--well-centered and only 6 mm.&nbsp; (They come smaller, but not so decipherable.)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1132352[/ATTACH] </p><p>It has no legend, but is probably modeled on Tetricus I, 270-273.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one, at 10 mm, is small and sharp and also imitates Tetricus I:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1132356[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>One barbarous radiate I really like is virtually full-sized:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1132357[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Tetricus II/SALVS AVGG</p><p>18 mm. 2.64 grams.</p><p>Tetricus II has curly hair (which he doesn&#039;t on official issues).</p><p><br /></p><p>A search on &quot;barbarous radiate&quot; on vcoins found 65 items. Maybe some English member reading this can say what the situation at coin shows was like (when they were still being held) in the last year or two, but in 1988 and 1996 barbarous radiates were very numerous at shows, although the vast majority were not in pleasing condition. However, if you have the time to go through them one by one and pick you can find some very interesting coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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