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<p>[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4740020, member: 82549"]Well, there were certainly official coins and unofficial imitations. But did anyone, including the government, even care about the difference at the time?</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is that, although this was often an important distinction during much of the Roman Empire, and it's certainly important to collectors today, but I'm not convinced that it was an important distinction within the short-lived Gallic Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another point is that it might be easy to make this distinction at the extreme ends of the differences, but it's probably not possible to make a confident distinction with many of the coins from this time. There's probably a lot of overlap between sloppily produced official coins and carefully produce unofficial ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I call either of these coins "official" am I guilty of the numismatic equivalent of "false precision"?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158933[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Tetricus I</u></b></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 271-274</i></p><p>Bronze Antoninianus</p><p>Gallic Empire, unidentified southern mint</p><p>Obv: IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG</p><p>Rev: PAX AVG - Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical spear</p><p>RIC 100</p><p>18mm, 2.9g.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158934[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><u>Tetricus II</u></b></p><p><i>Caesar, A.D. 273-274</i></p><p><i>Augustus, A.D. 274</i></p><p>Bronze Antoninianus</p><p>Gallic Empire, unidentified southern mint</p><p>Obv: C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES</p><p>Rev: SPES AVG - Spes, walking left, holding flower and raising robe</p><p>RIC 270</p><p>20x18mm, 2.5g.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsimonel, post: 4740020, member: 82549"]Well, there were certainly official coins and unofficial imitations. But did anyone, including the government, even care about the difference at the time? My point is that, although this was often an important distinction during much of the Roman Empire, and it's certainly important to collectors today, but I'm not convinced that it was an important distinction within the short-lived Gallic Empire. Another point is that it might be easy to make this distinction at the extreme ends of the differences, but it's probably not possible to make a confident distinction with many of the coins from this time. There's probably a lot of overlap between sloppily produced official coins and carefully produce unofficial ones. If I call either of these coins "official" am I guilty of the numismatic equivalent of "false precision"? [ATTACH=full]1158933[/ATTACH] [B][U]Tetricus I[/U][/B] [I]Augustus, A.D. 271-274[/I] Bronze Antoninianus Gallic Empire, unidentified southern mint Obv: IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG Rev: PAX AVG - Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical spear RIC 100 18mm, 2.9g. [ATTACH=full]1158934[/ATTACH] [B][U]Tetricus II[/U][/B] [I]Caesar, A.D. 273-274 Augustus, A.D. 274[/I] Bronze Antoninianus Gallic Empire, unidentified southern mint Obv: C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES Rev: SPES AVG - Spes, walking left, holding flower and raising robe RIC 270 20x18mm, 2.5g.[/QUOTE]
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