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Constantine I, Barbarous Imitations, VLPP type, 2-Pack!

Æ3; each at ca. 19mm/2.4gm    Struck ca. early 4th Century?

Con/ About Good Fine for the type; dark green patina with earthen fill; typically blundered legends and details. Easy to clean, just soft dirt!

Okay, this is what the coin should be, or similar:

OBV/ IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG; laur. helmeted and cuir. bust r.

REV/ VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINCE PERP; twin Victories holding a shield inscribed with VOT PR on an altar inscribed with a letter or symbol.

Close, but no cookie! Ha ha!

Ref/ None

Seller's Note/ The German celators who created these issues had some of grasp of Latin letters and did a worthy job, all things considered, as they were most likely semi-illiterate at best. Each even managed to use Latin letters, sort of. Truly charming examples!

Back in the day, such issues were referred to as 'Barbarous" or simply a "Barb".

The new PC term is now Contemporary Imitation, because somewhere along the line, it was thought that calling the Germanic tribes who struck these issues "barbarians" was disrespectful. Go figure...