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Barbaric Constantius II. AE4. 355-361 AD.
DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, soldier standing left, foot on shield, spearing fallen horseman, who is wearing a Phrygian helmet and reaching backwardsAntonivs Protti

Barbaric imitative of Tetricus I, Similatr to RIC 126Obverse: IMP C TETRICVS PF AVG, radiated bust right.
Reverse: SALVS AVG, Salus standing left, holding patera in right hand and feeding snake rising from altar. In her left hand Salus holds a rudder or anchor.
14.8 mm., 1.9 g.
NORMAN K

064 - Septimius Severus denarius - Barbarous imitationDenarius
Obv:– IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG CO, Laureate head right
Rev:– VICT AVG TR P [COS II P P], Victory walking left, holding wreath in right hand, palm in left
Minted in Barbaric Imitation. Copying the style of Emesa2 commentsmaridvnvm

1272 - 1307, EDWARD I, AR Farthing, Struck 1279 - 1299 at London, EnglandObverse: + EDWARDVS REX. Crowned bust of Edward I facing within circle of pellets. Cross pattée in legend.
Reverse: LONDONIENSIS. Long cross dividing legend into quarters, trefoil in each quarter of inner circle.
Undated Farthing, Class 3c
Diameter: 13mm | Weight: 0.42gms | Die Axis: 2h
SPINK: 1445

This is an early issue farthing with the reverse legend “LONDONIENSIS” which was later replaced by the ubiquitous legend “CIVITAS LONDON” for the London mint. Edward I began a major recoinage in 1279 which consisted not only of pennies, but new round half-pennies and farthings as well, and also introduced a new denomination, the fourpenny piece called the "Groat".

Edward I was King of England from 1272 - 1307. He was the eldest surviving son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. The contests between his father and the barons led by Simon de Montfort called Edward early into active life when he restored the royal authority within months by defeating and killing de Montfort at the battle of Evesham in 1265. He then proceeded to Palestine, where no conquest of any importance was achieved. After further campaigns in Italy and France he returned to England on his father's death and was crowned at Westminster Abbey in 1274.
Edward was popular because he identified himself with the growing tide of nationalism sweeping the country, displayed later in his persecution and banishment of the Jews which was the culmination of many years of anti-semitism in England.
Edward now turned his attention to the west and so, following a revolt in the Principality of Wales against English influence, Edward commenced a war which ended in the annexation of the Principality to the English Crown in 1283. He secured his conquest by building nine castles to watch over it and created his eldest son, Edward the Prince of Wales in 1301.
Edward's great ambition, however, was to gain possession of Scotland, but the death of Margaret, the Maid of Norway, who was to have been married to Edward's son, for a time frustrated the king's designs. However the sudden death of the King of Scotland, Alexander III, and the contested succession soon gave him the opportunity to intervene. He was invited by the Scots to arbitrate and choose between the thirteen competitors for the Scottish throne. Edward's choice, John Balliol, who he conceived as his puppet, was persuaded to do homage for his crown to Edward at Newcastle but was then forced to throw off Edward's overlordship by the indignation of the Scottish people. An alliance between the French and the Scots now followed, and Edward, then at war with the French king over possession of Gascony, was compelled to march his army north. Edward invaded Scotland in 1296 and devastated the country, which earned him the sobriquet 'Hammer of the Scots'. It was at this time that the symbolic Stone of Destiny was removed from Scone. Edward's influence had tainted Balliol's reign and the Scottish nobility deposed him and appointed a council of twelve to rule instead. Balliol abdicated and was eventually sent to France where he retired into obscurity, taking no more part in politics. Scotland was then left without a monarch until the accession of Robert the Bruce in 1306.
Meanwhile Edward assumed the administration of the country. However the following summer a new opposition to Edward took place under William Wallace whose successes, notably at Stirling Bridge, forced Edward to return to Scotland with an army of 100,000 men. Although he defeated Wallace's army at Falkirk, and Wallace himself was betrayed, Edward's unjust and barbaric execution of him as a traitor in London made Wallace a national hero in Scotland, and resistance to England became paramount among the people. All Edward's efforts to reduce the country to obedience were unravelling, and after the crowning of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, as Robert I of Scotland in 1306 an enraged Edward assembled another army and marched yet again against the Scots. However, Edward only reached Burgh-on-Sands, a village near Carlisle, when he died. His body was taken back to London and he was buried at Westminster Abbey.
Edward I was married twice: to Eleanor of Castile, by whom he had sixteen children, and Margaret of France by whom he had three. Twelve memorials to his first wife stood between Nottingham and London to mark the journey taken by her funeral cortege. Three of those memorials, known as "Eleanor Crosses", can still be seen today.*Alex

1272 - 1307, EDWARD I, AR Penny, Struck 1305 - 1306 at London, EnglandObverse: + EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB. Crowned bust of Edward I facing within circle of pellets. Cross pattée in legend.
Reverse: CIVITAS LONDON. Long cross dividing legend into quarters, trefoil in each quarter of inner circle.
Undated Penny, type 10cf1
Diameter: 18.5mm | Weight: 1.2gms | Die Axis: 9h
SPINK: 1410

Edward I began a major recoinage in 1279 which consisted not only of pennies and new round half-pennies and farthings, but also introduced a new denomination, a fourpenny piece called the "Groat".

Edward I was King of England from 1272 - 1307. He was the eldest surviving son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. The contests between his father and the barons led by Simon de Montfort called Edward early into active life when he restored the royal authority within months by defeating and killing de Montfort at the battle of Evesham in 1265. He then proceeded to Palestine, where no conquest of any importance was achieved. After further campaigns in Italy and France he returned to England on his father's death and was crowned at Westminster Abbey in 1274.
Edward was popular because he identified himself with the growing tide of nationalism sweeping the country, displayed later in his persecution and banishment of the Jews which was the culmination of many years of anti-semitism in England.
Edward now turned his attention to the west and so, following a revolt in the Principality of Wales against English influence, Edward commenced a war which ended in the annexation of the Principality to the English Crown in 1283. He secured his conquest by building nine castles to watch over it and created his eldest son, Edward the Prince of Wales in 1301.
Edward's great ambition, however, was to gain possession of Scotland, but the death of Margaret, the Maid of Norway, who was to have been married to Edward's son, for a time frustrated the king's designs. However the sudden death of the King of Scotland, Alexander III, and the contested succession soon gave him the opportunity to intervene. He was invited by the Scots to arbitrate and choose between the thirteen competitors for the Scottish throne. Edward's choice, John Balliol, who he conceived as his puppet, was persuaded to do homage for his crown to Edward at Newcastle but was then forced to throw off Edward's overlordship by the indignation of the Scottish people. An alliance between the French and the Scots now followed, and Edward, then at war with the French king over possession of Gascony, was compelled to march his army north. Edward invaded Scotland in 1296 and devastated the country, which earned him the sobriquet 'Hammer of the Scots'. It was at this time that the symbolic Stone of Destiny was removed from Scone. Edward's influence had tainted Balliol's reign and the Scottish nobility deposed him and appointed a council of twelve to rule instead. Balliol abdicated and was eventually sent to France where he retired into obscurity, taking no more part in politics. Scotland was then left without a monarch until the accession of Robert the Bruce in 1306.
Meanwhile Edward assumed the administration of the country. However the following summer a new opposition to Edward took place under William Wallace whose successes, notably at Stirling Bridge, forced Edward to return to Scotland with an army of 100,000 men. Although he defeated Wallace's army at Falkirk, and Wallace himself was betrayed, Edward's unjust and barbaric execution of him as a traitor in London made Wallace a national hero in Scotland, and resistance to England became paramount among the people. All Edward's efforts to reduce the country to obedience were unravelling, and after the crowning of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, as Robert I of Scotland in 1306 an enraged Edward assembled another army and marched yet again against the Scots. However, Edward only reached Burgh-on-Sands, a village near Carlisle, when he died. His body was taken back to London and he was buried at Westminster Abbey.
Edward I was married twice: to Eleanor of Castile, by whom he had sixteen children, and Margaret of France by whom he had three. Twelve memorials to his first wife stood between Nottingham and London to mark the journey taken by her funeral cortege. Three of those memorials, known as "Eleanor Crosses", can still be seen today.*Alex

16 Barbaric Imitation of Roman Constantius IIBarbaric Imitation of Roman Constantius II Fallen Horseman Type. 4th century AD. AE 10mm (0.77 gm). Obv.: diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: Soldier spearing horseman. Randygeki(h2)

1701a, Saladin, 1169-1193AYYUBID: Saladin, 1169-1193, AR dirham (2.92g), Halab, AH580, A-788, lovely struck, well-centered & bold, Extremely Fine, Scarce.

His name in Arabic, in full, is SALAH AD-DIN YUSUF IBN AYYUB ("Righteousness of the Faith, Joseph, Son of Job"), also called AL-MALIK AN-NASIR SALAH AD-DIN YUSUF I (b. 1137/38, Tikrit, Mesopotamia--d. March 4, 1193, Damascus), Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and the most famous of Muslim heroes.

In wars against the Christian crusaders, he achieved final success with the disciplined capture of Jerusalem (Oct. 2, 1187), ending its 88-year occupation by the Franks. The great Christian counterattack of the Third Crusade was then stalemated by Saladin's military genius.

Saladin was born into a prominent Kurdish family. On the night of his birth, his father, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, gathered his family and moved to Aleppo, there entering the service of 'Imad ad-Din Zangi ibn Aq Sonqur, the powerful Turkish governor in northern Syria. Growing up in Ba'lbek and Damascus, Saladin was apparently an undistinguished youth, with a greater taste for religious studies than military training.
His formal career began when he joined the staff of his uncle Asad ad-Din Shirkuh, an important military commander under the amir Nureddin, son and successor of Zangi. During three military expeditions led by Shirkuh into Egypt to prevent its falling to the Latin-Christian (Frankish) rulers of the states established by the First Crusade, a complex, three-way struggle developed between Amalric I, the Latin king of Jerusalem, Shawar, the powerful vizier of the Egyptian Fatimid caliph, and Shirkuh. After Shirkuh's death and after ordering Shawar's assassination, Saladin, in 1169 at the age of 31, was appointed both commander of the Syrian troops and vizier of Egypt.

His relatively quick rise to power must be attributed not only to the clannish nepotism of his Kurdish family but also to his own emerging talents. As vizier of Egypt, he received the title king (malik), although he was generally known as the sultan. Saladin's position was further enhanced when, in 1171, he abolished the Shi'i Fatimid caliphate, proclaimed a return to Sunnah in Egypt, and consequently became its sole ruler.

Although he remained for a time theoretically a vassal of Nureddin, that relationship ended with the Syrian emir's death in 1174. Using his rich agricultural possessions in Egypt as a financial base, Saladin soon moved into Syria with a small but strictly disciplined army to claim the regency on behalf of the young son of his former suzerain.
Soon, however, he abandoned this claim, and from 1174 until 1186 he zealously pursued a goal of uniting, under his own standard, all the Muslim territories of Syria, northern Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Egypt.

This he accomplished by skillful diplomacy backed when necessary by the swift and resolute use of military force. Gradually, his reputation grew as a generous and virtuous but firm ruler, devoid of pretense, licentiousness, and cruelty. In contrast to the bitter dissension and intense rivalry that had up to then hampered the Muslims in their resistance to the crusaders, Saladin's singleness of purpose induced them to rearm both physically and spiritually.

Saladin's every act was inspired by an intense and unwavering devotion to the idea of jihad ("holy war")-the Muslim equivalent of the Christian crusade. It was an essential part of his policy to encourage the growth and spread of Muslim religious institutions.

He courted its scholars and preachers, founded colleges and mosques for their use, and commissioned them to write edifying works especially on the jihad itself. Through moral regeneration, which was a genuine part of his own way of life, he tried to re-create in his own realm some of the same zeal and enthusiasm that had proved so valuable to the first generations of Muslims when, five centuries before, they had conquered half the known world.

Saladin also succeeded in turning the military balance of power in his favour-more by uniting and disciplining a great number of unruly forces than by employing new or improved military techniques. When at last, in 1187, he was able to throw his full strength into the struggle with the Latin crusader kingdoms, his armies were their equals. On July 4, 1187, aided by his own military good sense and by a phenomenal lack of it on the part of his enemy, Saladin trapped and destroyed in one blow an exhausted and thirst-crazed army of crusaders at Hattin, near Tiberias in northern Palestine.

So great were the losses in the ranks of the crusaders in this one battle that the Muslims were quickly able to overrun nearly the entire Kingdom of Jerusalem. Acre, Toron, Beirut, Sidon, Nazareth, Caesarea, Nabulus, Jaffa (Yafo), and Ascalon (Ashqelon) fell within three months.

But Saladin's crowning achievement and the most disastrous blow to the whole crusading movement came on Oct. 2, 1187, when Jerusalem, holy to both Muslim and Christian alike, surrendered to the Sultan's army after 88 years in the hands of the Franks. In stark contrast to the city's conquest by the Christians, when blood flowed freely during the barbaric slaughter of its inhabitants, the Muslim reconquest was marked by the civilized and courteous behaviour of Saladin and his troops. His sudden success, which in 1189 saw the crusaders reduced to the occupation of only three cities, was, however, marred by his failure to capture Tyre, an almost impregnable coastal fortress to which the scattered Christian survivors of the recent battles flocked. It was to be the rallying point of the Latin counterattack.

Most probably, Saladin did not anticipate the European reaction to his capture of Jerusalem, an event that deeply shocked the West and to which it responded with a new call for a crusade. In addition to many great nobles and famous knights, this crusade, the third, brought the kings of three countries into the struggle.

The magnitude of the Christian effort and the lasting impression it made on contemporaries gave the name of Saladin, as their gallant and chivalrous enemy, an added lustre that his military victories alone could never confer on him.

The Crusade itself was long and exhausting, and, despite the obvious, though at times impulsive, military genius of Richard I the Lion-Heart, it achieved almost nothing. Therein lies the greatest-but often unrecognized--achievement of Saladin. With tired and unwilling feudal levies, committed to fight only a limited season each year, his indomitable will enabled him to fight the greatest champions of Christendom to a draw. The crusaders retained little more than a precarious foothold on the Levantine coast, and when King Richard set sail from the Orient in October 1192, the battle was over.

Saladin withdrew to his capital at Damascus. Soon, the long campaigning seasons and the endless hours in the saddle caught up with him, and he died. While his relatives were already scrambling for pieces of the empire, his friends found that the most powerful and most generous ruler in the Muslim world had not left enough money to pay for his own grave.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
H.A.R. Gibb, "The Arabic Sources for the Life of Saladin," Speculum, 25:58-72 (1950). C.W. Wilson's English translation of one of the most important Arabic works, The Life of Saladin (1897), was reprinted in 1971. The best biography to date is Stanley Lane-Poole, Saladin and the Fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, new ed. (1926, reprinted 1964), although it does not take account of all the sources.1 commentsCleisthenes

196_Time_of_Septimius_Severus_barbaric_cast_As_1Septimius Severus (193 – 211 AD)
AE cast, barbaric, As, Rome, time of Septimius Severus (196 AD?)
Unidentifiable legend, ????TEIT AVG???;
Laureate head right
Unidentifiable legend, ????IIII???;
Male figure standing left, holding spear and small figure
4,87 gr, 23 mmga77

1ch Maximinus235-238

Denarius

Laureate draped bust, right, IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG
Pax stg, PAX AVGVSTI

RIC 12

Herodian recorded: There was in the Roman army a man named Maximinus whose half-barbarian family lived in a village in the most remote section of Thrace. They say that as a boy he was a shepherd, but that in his youthful prime he was drafted into the cavalry because of his size and strength. After a short time, favored by Fortune, he advanced through all the military ranks, rising eventually to the command of armies and the governing of provinces.

Because of his military experience, which I have noted above, Alexander put Maximinus in charge of training recruits for the entire army; his task was to instruct them in military duties and prepare them for service in war. By carrying out his assignments thoroughly and diligently, Maximinus won the affection of the soldiers. He not only taught them their duties; he also demonstrated personally to each man what he was to do. . . .

He won their devotion by giving them all kinds of gifts and rewards. Consequently, the recruits, who included an especially large number of Pannonians, praised the masculinity of Maximinus and despised Alexander as a mother's boy. . . . The soldiers were therefore ready for a change of emperors. . . . They therefore assembled on the drill field for their regular training; when Maximinus took his position before them, either unaware of what was happening or having secretly made prior preparations for the event, the soldiers robed him in the imperial purple and proclaimed him emperor. . . .

When he assumed control of the empire, Maximinus reversed the situation, using his power savagely to inspire great fear. He undertook to substitute for a mild and moderate rule an autocracy in every way barbarous, well aware of the hostility directed toward him because he was the first man to rise from a lowly station to the post of highest honor. His character was naturally barbaric, as his race was barbarian. He had inherited the brutal disposition of his countrymen, and he intended to make his imperial position secure by acts of cruelty, fearing that he would become an object of contempt to the Senate and the people, who might be more conscious of his lowly origin than impressed by the honor he had won. . . .

[A]fter Maximinus had completed three years as emperor, the people of Africa first took up arms and touched off a serious revolt for one of those trivial reasons which often prove fatal to a tyrant. . . . The entire populace of the city quickly assembled when the news was known, and the youths proclaimed Gordian Augustus. He begged to be excused, protesting that he was too old. . . .

[In Rome], the senators met before they received accurate information concerning Maximinus and, placing their trust for the future in the present situation, proclaimed Gordian Augustus, together with his son, and destroyed Maximinus' emblems of honor. . . . Embassies composed of senators and distinguished equestrians were sent to all the governors with letters which clearly revealed the attitude of the Senate and the Roman people. . . . The majority of the governors welcomed the embassies and had no difficulty in arousing the provinces to revolt because of the general hatred of Maximinus. . . .

Blindado

22. Celtic Alexander Tetradrachm (?)Tetradrachm, ca 2'nd century BC, Danube region.
Obverse: Head of Alexander as Herakles, wearing lion's skin headdress.
Reverse: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ / Zeus sitting, holding his attendant eagle and sceptre. Tripod at left.
17.25 gm., 28 mm.

In researching this coin, I found five coins which are from the same pair of dies as this one. These are the only examples of this type (tripod on reverse) that I've been able to find.

1. Palladium sale #10 (Nov. 1995), attributed to the mint at Pella and catalogued as Muller #146.

2. Palladium sale #11 (April 1996), described as "unlisted in Price, and apparently unknown before a recent hoard find. Variant of Price 633."

3. CNG sale #54, lot 99, described as a Celtic imitation of Alexander's coinage from the Danube region, ca 2'nd century BC. c.f. Goble, OTA, 566. This is the coin pictured above.

4. CNG sale #72, lot 13, described as "Celtic, Lower Danube, uncertain tribe, early 3'rd century BC . . . . Unpublished in the standard references . . . . By virtue of its style, fabric, and weight, this Alexander imitation is certainly an early issue, probably struck during the first decades of the third century BC."

5. Harlan J Berk 156th Buy or Bid Sale (Oct. 2007), lot 75, described as "Possibly unpublished . . . Somewhat unusual style on the obverse."

Five coins from the same pair or dies, five different attributions. I will agree, though, with the last statement of coin #4 above, that this appears to be an early issue. This coin is on a thick flan resembling coins minted during Alexander's lifetime and immediately thereafter and is made from good silver. There is something a bit barbaric about the style of this coin, although there are genuine Alexander coins listed and pictured in Martin J. Price's book which are more barbaric than this one. An interesting coin.1 commentsCallimachus

Agrippa AE asbarbaric imitation1 commentsTibsi

Alejandro JANNEO (103 â€“ 76 A.C.)Alejandro Janeo (125 adC – 76 adC), rey y sumo sacerdote de los judíos (103 adC – 76 adC), hijo menor de Juan Hircano y hermano de Aristóbulo I, a quien sucedió. Siguiendo la política de Juan Hircano, conquistó y convirtió al judaísmo los territorios vecinos, expandiendo el reino Asmoneo hasta su mayor extensión. Ejerció una tiranía despiadada y su reinado estuvo marcado por intrigas y luchas internas.
(EL ÓBOLO DE LA VIUDA - Evangelio de San Marcos 12:41)

AE Lepton (1/2 prutah?) (Crudo estilo Barbárico y cospel muy irregular) 15 x 10 mm 0.6 gr.

Anv: "BAÎ£IÎ›EÎ©E ALEÎžANÎ”POY" (Rey Alejandro), Leyenda rodeando un círculo, dentro del cual se encuentra un ancla invertida con dos barras horizontales (Como colgada en un barco dispuesto a zarpar) - "L KE" año 25 del reinado de Janeo.
Rev: Rueda o estrella de 8 rayos rodeada por una diadema de puntos. Leyenda aramea "Rey Alejandro Año 25"

Acuñada: 78 – 76 A.C.
Ceca: Jerusalem

Referencias: Hendin #472 Pag.141 - Sear GCTV Vol.2 #6092 Pag.560 – Meshorer AJC I Grupo Ce – B.M.C. Vol.27 (Palestine) #15 Pag.211mdelvalle

Alexander Jannaeus - AE leptonJerusalem
78-76 BC
star of six rays, within circle of dots (off flan),
barbaric blundered imitation of Aramaic legend around
anchor within circle
blundered barbaric imitation of Greek legend around
Hendin 1153
0,54g 11mmJ. B.

antiochbarbaric001Barbaric after Elagabalus
Antioch, Pisidia

Obv: Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Legend garbled.
Rev: ANT..., three standards.
26 mm, 9.27 gms
Charles M

AR Tetradrachm of Thasos, Roman imitative 148 -80 BCOBV: Head of Dionysos right wreathed with ivy leaves
REV :HPAKLEOYS SUTHPOS THASIUN (Hercules, Saviour of the Thasians); nude Heracles standing left holding club and lionskin; MH monogram to left
SNG Cop 1040, Dewing 1344, BMC 74 (Ref. Wildwinds)
These tet's were minted on Thasos off the coast of Thrace, and became an important international medium of exchange after Rome closed the Macedonian mints. The obverse celebrates the wine for which Thasos was renowned and the reverse may refer to a temple of Heracles. The type was widely copied among the Thracian tribes (imitatives) and the Celts (barbaric types).
According to Dr. Prokopov this coin is probably a Roman imitative, struck by Roman authorities between 148 and 80 BC, hence the fine classical style. The weight is right for the Rhodian standard. Holed and plugged.

Diameter ~30 mm, wt. 13.7 gmdaverino

Augustus, AE22, Barbaric As, CountermarkedAugustus
27 B.C. – 14 A.D.

AE22 "Barbaric" As, Countermarked

Obverse: Bare headed bust facing right. Countermarks of AVG, TICAE (Tiberius Caesar) and Subsequently an S (which may signify the coins downgrading to a Semis).
Reverse: A laurel Wreath.

Weight: 7.69 g, Diameter: 22 x 23 x 1.8 mm, Die axis: 0°, Mint: The Balkans, 27 B.C. - 14 A.D. Reference: Similar to the AE22's of Thessalonica for Augustus, RPC I 1557Constantine IV

Augustus, RIC 249, barbaric imitationAugustus, 27 BC - AD 14
AE - quadrans(?), 2.47g, 17mm
struck in the name of Germanus Indutilli L
Eastern Gaul, 'barbaric mint', c. AD 10
obv. Head of Germanus, diademed, r.
rev. GERMANVS / INDVTILLI L
Bull, butting l.
cf. RIC I, 249; AMC 459ff.; RPC 506 (for official issue!)
F+, interesting barbaric style

Germanus Indutilli Libertus seems to be a Trever, who was allowed to issue coins in Northern Gaul. Lit.: H.W.Doppler, Über die Germanus Indutilli L.-Prägung, in 'GNS 17, 1967, pp.90-94'.
Addition April 2014 (Francis Jarman): According to J.M.Doyen in "Archeologie urbaine a Reims 7 (2008)" attributes this coin to the Remi, minted in Durocortorum Remorum (Reims. Jochen

Augustus, RIC 384, countermarkedAugustus, 27 BC - AD 14
AE - Dupondius(?), 6.70g, 24.24mm, 330°
struck under moneyer L. Naevius Surdinus
Rome, 15 BC
obv. at the upper edge oak leafs, beneath remains of a legend, perhaps:
[AVGVS]TVS / [TRIBVNICI] / [POT]ES[T.]
in 3 lines within oak wreath
rev. [L.]SVR[DINVS.IIIVIR A.]A.A[.F.F.] (?)
around big S - C
ref. RIC I, 384; C. 472; BMCR I, 441, pl. 19, 2

2 countermarks on obv.:
2x AVC: Werz 31; MPC 75
AVG(vsti), mid-late Augustean AD 11 - 14
Usually these countermarks can be found only on asses from Lugdunum and Nemausus (Werz). The combination of a Dupondius obv. with a As rev. is indicative of a "barbaric imitation". Then to search for the name of the moneyer is useless. Jochen

AVG TICAE & S, AE22, Barbaric AE AsAugustus
27 B.C. – 14 A.D.

Coin: AE22 "Barbaric" As, Countermarked

Obverse: Bare headed bust facing right. Countermarks of AVG, TICAE (Tiberius Caesar) and subsequently an S (which may signify the coins downgrading to a Semis).
Reverse: A laurel Wreath.

Weight: 7.69 g, Diameter: 22 x 23 x 1.8 mm, Die axis: 0°, Mint: The Balkans, 27 B.C. - 14 A.D. Reference: Similar to the
AE22's issued by Thessalonica for Augustus (RPC I 1557)Constantine IV

Barbarian imitative late Roman coin, two soldiers Barbaric imitative most likely of Constantine The Great.
Obverse : Helmeted bust left with illerate legend.
Reverse : Two soldiers and standard with Illiterate legend and ex.
15 mm diam., 2.5 g
sold 4-2018NORMAN K

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Barbaric Constantine IObv:nonsense
helmet, cuirassed bust right
Rev:VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP type
two Victories standing facing one another holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar
snake in ex
18mm 3,5 gmOWL365

Barbaric Alexander TetradrachmSilver tetradrachm, uncertain (tribal?) mint, c. 3rd - 2nd Century B.C.
O: head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean Lion skin headdress;
R: Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back, nude to the waist, himation around hips and legs, eagle in extended right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, AÎ›EÎžANâˆ†POY downward on right, wreath to left; X below throne
-cf. Price B36 ff. (barbarous, uncertain prototypes); Obverse die match to CNG E- Auction 190 lot 42

Price (p. 506) notes that the ‘barbarous’ copies of Alexander III tetradrachms differ from contemporary imitations in that they were meant not to defraud but rather to provide coinages for the local economies in areas on the fringes of the classical world.

Many Greek cities across what was once Alexander's empire struck Alexander tetradrachms as civic coinage, even centuries after the death of the great conqueror. Similarly, peoples on the fringes of the Greek world also struck Alexander tetradrachms; sometimes with unusual or bizarre style, and often with illiterate blundered inscriptions. These coins are often described as "barbaric." We can attribute some of these imitative types to specific places or tribes. Other coins, such as this one, are a mystery. - FAC2 commentsNemonater

Barbaric ConstansObv:CONSTANS AVG
laureate, draped & cuirassed bust left
Rev: gloria exercitvs type
two soldiers holding spears & shields, one standard between them; o on banner

12mm 1.1 gmOWL365

Barbaric Constans ?Obv:AVG
draped & cuirassed bust right
Rev:emperor on galley right , holding labarum
17mm 1.7 gmOWL365

Barbaric Constantine IObv: nonsense
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: IOVI CONSERVATORI type
Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on a globe & scepter, eagle at foot left with a wreath in its beak
IIII in ex
19mm 1.7 gmOWL365

Barbaric Constantine IObv:nonsense
laureate & cuirassed bust left
Rev:VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP type
two Victories standing facing one another holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar
marks in ex
17mm 2,5 gmOWL365

BARBARIC COPY - Constantine IBARBARIC imitation of Constantine I “2 Victories” Obv.: Imitation of legend. Helmeted and cuirassed bust right. Rev.: Imitation of legend. Two Victories holding a shield above an altar. 2.61 g.dpaul7

Barbaric Counterfeit: Apis bullJulian II 'the Apostate,' February 360 - 26 June 363 A.D., Barbaric Counterfeit. 21530. Bronze AE 1, ancient counterfeit imitative of SRCV 4074, Fair, unofficial mint, 6.622g, 24.5mm, 90o, after 361 A.D.; obverse [D N FL CL IVLIANVS P F AVG], diademed draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse SECVRITAS REIPVB, Apis bull right, two stars above horns. Ex FORVMPodiceps

Barbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Altar type. C. 270-280 AD. AE13mmBarbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Altar type. C. 270-280 AD.
Obv. Radiate bust right.
Rev. Altar with flame at top.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Antoninianus C. 270-280 AD. AE 15-19mmBarbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Antoninianus C. 270-280 AD.
Obv. Radiate head right
Rev. Eagle standing left . CONSECRATIO Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Antoninianus C. 270-280 AD. AE 15mmBarbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Antoninianus C. 270-280 AD.
Obv. Radiate head right
Rev. Eagle standing left . CONSECRATIO

Metal detector find from Northern France.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Antoninianus C. 270-280 AD. AE 16mmBarbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Antoninianus C. 270-280 AD.
Obv. Radiate head right
Rev. Eagle standing left . CONSECRATIO

Metal detector find from Northern France.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Antoninianus. C. 270-280 AD. AE15mmBarbaric imitation of Claudius II " Consecratio " Antoninianus C. 270-280 AD.
Obv. Radiate head right
Rev. Eagle standing left, head rightLee S

Barbaric Imitation of Severus Alexander ProvincialBarbaric Imitation copying Severus Alexander, 13 March 222 - March 235 A.D., Caesarea, Samaria
Legend in wreath seems to be mirrored.
Legitimate Pattern coin is a Bronze AE 23 Caesarea mint, IMP C SEV AL-EXAND, laureat, bare bust right seen from behind; reverse C I F AV F C CAE METROP (or similar), S P Q R, within wreath supported by eagleScotvs Capitis

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus I "IMP TETRICVS P F AVG" , C.271-274. AE14mmObv. Radiate bust right. Blundered legend.
Rev. Victory standing left holding wreath & palm.

UK Detector find.
Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus I "IMP TETRICVS P F AVG" , C.271-274. AE15mmObv. Radiate bust right. Blundered legend.
Rev. Victory standing left holding wreath & palm. Blundered legendLee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus I (FIDES MILITVM ? ) AE20mmBarbaric imitation of Tetricus I (FIDES MILITVM ? )
Obv. radiate bust right, Blundered legend.
Rev. Figure standing. Blundered legend.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus I / II . AE11mm.Obv. Radiate bust right.
Rev. Figure standing, border of dots.

UK detector find.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus I / II . AE12mm.Obv. Radiate bust right.
Rev. Figure standing facing.

UK detector find.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus I / II . AE15mmObv. Radiate, draped bust right . Blundered legend.
Rev. Figure standing right holding spear. Blundered legend, perhaps in a dotted border
( there is a lot going on here for such a little coin, and does the portrait not look wonderfully stearn!!!1 commentsLee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus I / II . AE1mm.Obv. Radiate bust right. Blundered legend.
Rev. Figure standing. Blundered legend.

UK detector find.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus I / II . AE9mm.Obv. Radiate bust right.
Rev. Figure standing.

UK detector find.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus II "C P E TETRICVS CAES" , C.273 AE12mmObv. Radiate Bust right. Blundered legend.
Rev. Sacrificial implements, blundered legend.

UK Detector find.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus II "C P E TETRICVS CAES" , C.273 AE15mmBarbaric imitation of Tetricus II "C P E TETRICVS CAES" , C.273AD
Obv. Radiate Bust right.
Rev. Sacrificial implement (s)1 commentsLee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus II, AE13mmBarbaric imitation of Tetricus II.

Obv. Radiate, draped bust right.

Rev. Pax standing left, holding branch and scepter. Blundered legend.

UK Found.Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus II. AE15mmBarbaric imitation of Tetricus II.
Obv. Radiate, draped bust right. Blundered legend.
Rev . Figure (Spes? ) standing left, blundered legend.
( I love this coin as the portrait is better than many genuine roman coins, but the reverse is a stick figure... Ace!! )Lee S

Barbaric imitation of Tetricus II. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES. AE12Obv. Radiate, draped bust right . Blundered legend.
Rev. Pax standing left holding branch and sceptre. Blundered legend.

UK Detector find.Lee S

Barbaric imitative late roman coinLegend not legible but appears to be a coin in the Constantine era.
Obverse has a right facing bust
Reverse has a soldier spearing a fallen horseman
21.8 mm, 4.3 g.NORMAN K

Barbaric imitative of Tetricus I Hilaritas Antoninianus. AE20mm. C 270-273ADBarbaric imitative of Tetricus I Hilaritas Antoninianus.
Obv. Blundered legend. Radiate, cuirassed bust right
Rev. Blundered legend. Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm and cornucopiae.
( I like the almost official look of this coin, only given away by the nonsensical legends..) Lee S

Barbaric imitative of Tetricus I PAX AVG Antoninianus. C 270-273AD. AE17mm. Barbaric imitative of Tetricus I PAX AVG Antoninianus. C 270-273AD
Obv. Blundered legend. Radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev. Blundered legend, Pax, standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre.Lee S

Barbaric imitative of Tetricus I SPES PVBLICA. AE 15mm. C271 AD.Barbaric imitation of Imitative of Tetricus I SPES PVBLICA. C.271 AD.

Obv. radiate draped bust right

Rev. SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking left, holding flower in right hand and raising robe with left hand.

Uk Find.

1 commentsLee S

Barbaric Imitative Tetricus Tetricus I AE Antoninianus, IMP C TETRICVS PF AVG,radiate bust right / LAETITIA AVGG, unofficial mint, 271-273 C.E.
16.1 mm, 1.8 g.NORMAN K

Barbaric Imitative Tetricus Similar to RIC VII 86 Gallic mint, 270-273 CEObverse: IMP TETRICVS PF AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and anchor.
14.5 mm., .8 g.
NORMAN K

Barbarica III secolo, minimissimoBarbarica, minimissimo. Zecca gallica o britannica
AE, 7,31 mm, 0,3 gr, MB
D/ busto a dx
R/ non decifrabile
Provenienza: ex Marc Breitsprecher (Ancient Imports, Usa) collection. Acquisita nel maggio 2012paolo

barbaricnicopolisElagabalus
Barbaric imitation after Nicopolis

Obv: AV KM AVP ANT..., laureate draped bust right, seen from behind.
Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩN, unknown object (serpent entwined staff?). Legend begins upper right
16 mm, 2.92 gms

Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov---; This coin listed and discussed on FORVM`s Classical Numismatics Discussion Board: Roman Provincials: Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov, Nikopolis Addenda #8, coin #015; Very similar to a coin discussed on FORVM`s Classical Numismatics Discussion Board: Roman Provincials: Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov, Nikopolis Addenda #7, coin #178.

From ebay user, variana-museum, Ebay, July 2020.Charles M

BarbarousWeight: 0.69 g.
Diameter: 8.8 mmTanit

BarbarousBarbarous imitationTanit

BCC CM37 Severus AlexanderRoman Provincial
Caesarea Maritima
Severus Alexander 222-235 C.E.
Obv:IM C SE [ALEXAND]
Laureate, draped? bust right.
Rev: Barbaric inscription.
C I F AV F C CAE METROP (or similar
[Eagle standing facing, head left],
supporting wreath inscribed SPQR
21.5 x 20mm. 4.49gm. Axis:180
1/2 denomination
Kadman 98v.
v-drome

BCC J70 Alexander Jannaeus LeptonJudaean-Hasmonean
Alexander Jannaeus 103-76 BCE
AE Lepton
Obv:[ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔ] Mis-struck,
with traces of barbaric inscription around
[inverted anchor] within circle.
Rev: Crude design consisting of lines
and pellets around a central dot, imi-
tating the star of eight rays seen on
normal size coins of Jannaeus.
11 x 13mm. 0.76gm. Axis:?
cf. BCC J8; Hendin III, 472
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection

Hendin reports that, "This coin is found in
innumerable varieties, some of which seem
to carry crude linear designs instead of stars
on the reverse", and "barbaric or incomplete
inscriptions" on the obverse.v-drome

BCC J71 Alexander Jannaeus LeptonJudaean-Hasmonean
Alexander Jannaeus 103-76 BCE
AE Lepton
Obv:Barbaric design. Traces of inscription
around [inverted anchor] within circle.
Rev: Crude design consisting of random
lines and pellets imitating the star of eight
rays seen on normal size coins of Jannaeus.
10 x 13mm. 0.66gm. Axis:?
cf. BCC J8, and J70; Hendin III, 472
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection

Hendin reports that, "This coin is found in
innumerable varieties, some of which seem
to carry crude linear designs instead of stars
on the reverse", and "barbaric or incomplete
inscriptions" on the obverse.v-drome

BCC J8 Alexander JannaeusJudaean-Hasmonean
Alexander Jannaeus 103-76 BCE
AE Lepton
Obv:[ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞ]ΑΝ[Δ]
Barbaric, retrograde inscription around
inverted anchor? within circle.
Rev: Crude design consisting of random lines.
10.5 x 13mm 1.14gm Axis:?
cf. BCC J70; Hendin III, 472
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1977
J. Berlin Caesarea Collection

Hendin reports that, "This coin is
found in innumerable varieties, some of which seem
to carry crude linear designs instead of stars on the
reverse", and "barbaric or incomplete inscriptions"
on the obverse.v-drome

Campgate: Costantino II, AE3, prototipo argenteo (o barbarica), tipo zecca Nicomedia Constantine II as Caesar AE3
AE, gr 1,3, mm 17,02
D/ CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C. Laurated bust left, draped & cuirassed
R/ PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with two turrets & a star above, MNB in ex
RIC VII Nicomedia 123
Provenienza: collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (dal 1 febbraio 2013, numero catalogo 173); ex David Connors collection (Mount Vernon, WA Usa dal 2012); ex hoard turco-siriano (prima del 2012)
Nota: risponde al tipo dei prototipi di argentei, cioè "monete" di prova. L'alternativa è che sia una barbarica
paolo

Celtic Barbaric Immitation of Phillip II, King of Macedonia - 359-336.6,34gr. 20mm _3453
Antonivs Protti

Claudio II, radiato barbarico (minimus o conio Felicissimus). Ex William Turner Collection (1792-1867)Claudius II Gothicus
Radiato imitativo (minimus), zecca non ufficiale (originale zecca di Roma), circa 270 d.C.
AE, 0,817 gr, 12,5 mm, 0°, F
D/ DIVO CLAVDIO, testa radiata a dx
R/ CONSECRATIO, altare fiammeggiante
cf SRCV III 11462 and RIC V 261 (ufficiale, zecca di Roma)
Provenienza: ex William Turner Collection, lotto 396 (questa moneta). Acquisita da Turner tra il 1812 e il 1817. Collezione lasciata in eredità nel 1867 al figlio Mansfield Turner, morto nel 1901. Poi rimasta in famiglia e dispersa dal pronipote di William Turner nel 1987. Ex Alex G Malloy collection, New York. Ex FAC, Morehead City, Usa. Acquisita nell'aprile 2012.
NOTA: peso e diametro sono compatibili con le coniazioni "barbariche minime", ma la qualità delle immagini e delle iscrizioni oltreché la provenienza mediorientale (la moneta è entrata nella collezione Turner tra il 1812 e il 1820 durante la sua permanenza nell'Impero Ottomano) inducono a considerare questo antoniniano come prodotto dalle zecche non ufficiali romane all'epoca di Felicissimus, regnante Aureliano.paolo

Claudius (CLNVDIVS) II, R/ FIDES EXERCI, Normanby hoard. Barbarica?Claudius Gothicus AE antoninianus. Rome, AD 268-270.
AE, 19,2 mm, 3,3 gr, BB
D/ IMP C CLNVDIVS AVG, Radiate, cuirassed bust right
FIDES EXERCI, Fides standing left, holding one standard upright & the other transverse.
RIC V-I 36 (var) or RIC 34 (var)
Provenienza: ex Normanby hoard (1983), ex Wallace Katz collection (1995), ex Sotheby's, ex ArtAncient ltd (2012)paolo

Claudius AE Sestertius, Barbaric imitationAncient Barbaric imitation from the Danube region
Obverse: TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, laureate head right.
Reverse: SPES AVGVSTA, Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt, SC in ex.
31.7 mm, 15.2 g.NORMAN K

Claudius II Gothicus, barbarous imitative (Braithwell hoard)Bronze barbarous radiate
AE, 3.114 g, 20.8 mm, 0°, unofficial mint, Fair/aVF
D/ IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG (or similar), radiate head right
R/ PAX AVG, Pax standing left, branch? in right, rudder or anchor in left
Provenienza: collezione Fragiacomo, Trieste Italia (27 dicembre 2011); ex collezione Berardengo, Roma Italia (2 marzo 2011, numero catalogo 124bis); ex FAC (Morehead City NC Usa, 2010); ex Antony Wilson collection (Yorkcoins, London-New York, 2007), ex CNG auction 176 (London, 2007), ex Braithwell hoard (Braithwell, South Yorkshire Uk, 2002).

paolo

Commodus, Carrhae Mesopotamia 180-192 AD. AE14mmCommodus, Carrhae Mesopotamia 180-192 AD.

Obv. Laureate head left, Blundered legend codomok (Komodoc).

Rev. Crescent and star. Blundered legend

Barbaric style.
Lee S

CONCORDIA AVGGOtacilia Severa antoninianus
retrograde 'N' on reverse
barbaric imitationTibsi

Constantine the Great Barbaric Barbaric immitation of a Constantine the Great, VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP type.
Obv. The inscription is ornimental and makes no sense
Helmeted ,Laureate, and cuirassed bust right.
Rev:Two Victories placing Shield on altar.

SOLD!Jay GT4

Constantinople, Barbaric-1AE3, 330-346 AD, Barbaric immitation
Obverse: Blundered legend, Helmeted, cuirassed bust of Constantinople Right
Reverse: Victory on prow.
13mm, 1.1gm Jerome Holderman

Constantinus-I. (307-337) AE-3 Ancient Counterfeits and Barbarous Imitation #03Constantinus-I. Ancient Counterfeits and Barbarous Imitation
avers:- confusing text, --VVoo- CVoV--(probably:IMP-CONSTANT_INVS-PF-AVG), Laureate, helmeted, cuirassed bust right,
revers:- confusing text, (probably:VOTXX/MVLT/XXX/TS dot gamma dot) wreath, legend within
exergo: TS dot gamma dot ??
date: 317-318 ??
mint: Thessalonica ??
diameter: 17-18mm
weight: 3,09g
ref: probably RIC(VII,Thessalonica)-28 imitation !?
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