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<p>[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 7676639, member: 109923"]You certainly make a good case. There are so many coins attributed vaguely to 'Germanic Tribes' so it's good to see one that might be able to be nailed down.</p><p><br /></p><p>I usually keep away from them for that reason - I like to at least have some idea who used it. But I have a Constantine I AE19 that was attributed by FORVM to 'Germanic Tribes'. I got it because it's imitating a London mint coin, which isn't very common.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I have since had others cast doubt on whether it was minted by 'Germanic Tribes' at all (because of the style). The style isn't like any British imitation I've seen either, so I'm still inclined to agree with FORVM, but now I have absolutely no idea where it was minted other than it must've been somewhere in or close to the Roman Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Barbarous Billion Constantine I, mid 4th-early 5th century AD</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1318586[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>19.2mm, 3.3g. (cf RIC VII London 154, with AG instead of AVG).</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 7676639, member: 109923"]You certainly make a good case. There are so many coins attributed vaguely to 'Germanic Tribes' so it's good to see one that might be able to be nailed down. I usually keep away from them for that reason - I like to at least have some idea who used it. But I have a Constantine I AE19 that was attributed by FORVM to 'Germanic Tribes'. I got it because it's imitating a London mint coin, which isn't very common. But I have since had others cast doubt on whether it was minted by 'Germanic Tribes' at all (because of the style). The style isn't like any British imitation I've seen either, so I'm still inclined to agree with FORVM, but now I have absolutely no idea where it was minted other than it must've been somewhere in or close to the Roman Empire. [B]Barbarous Billion Constantine I, mid 4th-early 5th century AD[/B] [ATTACH=full]1318586[/ATTACH] [B]19.2mm, 3.3g. (cf RIC VII London 154, with AG instead of AVG).[/B][/QUOTE]
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