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Constantine the great - Altar barbarous imitation (F2013)
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- Model: Altar Barbarous
€ 35.00
The term ‘barbarous coinage’ refers to imitative coins which are often crude in style. There are several theories about the origins of these coins but the easiest and possibly best explanation is that they were minted because of a shortage of official coinage. Most of them were minted between 318 and 361 AD
Constantine I
A.D. 322-323
17 mm 2 gm
CONSTAN- TINVS AVG, laureate bust to the right
BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed
VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars.
Probably Trier
very good style
