Intersting coin. I look forward to more photos when you get it.
Lech's top coin, with its copy of a Trier
mint mark, is typical of imitations from the
West.
But your coin has really
good style. And imitations in
Egypt at this time were primarily
cast - maybe there are a few struck that I am not aware of but 4th century coins were being
cast in their millions.
The one Dominic posted is very similar.
I wonder if it was just
poor quality control at the
mint. A
mint full of Greek speakers and trying to run 15
officinae. Maybe a couple of such blundered dies were made and struck for a while before they were found.
Or maybe they are unofficial copies but by regular
mint staff. But it seems to be a lot
work though especially when
cast copies are the norm...
SC