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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2650842, member: 44316&quot;]Here an original and a barbarous imitation of the OP type, but for Constantius II:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]586446[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]586444[/ATTACH] </p><p>AE21 (4 mm smaller than the large AE2 original above) 12:00.&nbsp; 3.30 grams.</p><p>Obverse letters suggest most of the original legend, including CONST ...PF AVG</p><p>&nbsp; No A behind head.</p><p>&nbsp; /CON [reversed]COR....MILITVM somewhat blundered, A in field left, B in field right.</p><p>&nbsp; Mintmark a garbled &quot;TS[reversed]H&quot; which is an attempt at &quot;TSA&quot; for Thessalonica.</p><p>&nbsp; Prototype:&nbsp; RIC VIII page 414, Thessalonica 130, which does has the same field marks on the reverse.</p><p>Prototype dated 1 March - 25 December 350.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more imitations, see:</p><p><a href="http://esty.ancients.info/imit/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/imit/" rel="nofollow">http://esty.ancients.info/imit/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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