Imitations from an American Collection 4
M195+. Obverse type of Q. Antonius Balbus, reverse type of Pub. Crepusius, after 82 BC; cf. Cr-364/1 (O) and 361/1 (R), 3.70g. Both sides a bit stylized; SC on obverse, somewhat blundered reverse legend.
M194+. Various obverse prototypes, reverse type of Q. Antonius Balbus, after 83 BC; cf. Cr-364/1 (R), 3.63g. Both sides stylized; remnant of meaningless obverse legend; meaningless, abstract reverse legend.
M196+. Uncertain obverse prototype, perhaps restored issue of M. Caecilius Metellus, reverse type of C. Junius, after 82 BC; cf. Cr-369/1 (O) and 210/1 (R), 3.83g. Obverse quite stylized, perhaps tooled; Dioscuri riding left, somewhat stylized. Blundered, meaningless obverse legend; reverse legend retrograde and crude, but accurate.
M197+. Types of C. Naevius Balbus, after 79 BC; cf. Cr-382/1b, 3.91g, serrate. Both sides stylized, reverse more so; no obverse legend; blundered, meaningless reverse legend; accurate control number.
M198+. Types of C. Naevius Balbus, after 79 BC; cf. Cr-382/1, 3.48g, serrate. Both sides stylized; crude SC, with retrograde S; blundered, recognizable reverse legend.
M199+. Types of C. Naevius Balbus, after 79 BC; cf. Cr-382/1, 4.44g, serrate. Both sides stylized; badly blundered SC; blundered, barely recognizable reverse legend.
M200+. Types of C. Naevius Balbus (?), after 79 BC; cf. Cr-382/1, 3.98g. Obverse quite stylized, reverse crude and "barbarous. No remaining legends.
M201+. Obverse type of C. Naevius Balbus (?), reverse type of C. Norbanus, after 79 BC; cf. Cr-382/1 (O) and 357/1 (R), 3.46g. Remarkable, enigmatic obverse, stylized head of Venus atop a large globe; stylized reverse; no legends other than obverse CS.
M202+. Various obverse prototypes, reverse type of C. Naevius Balbus, after 79 BC; cf.
Cr-382/1 (R), 3.76g. Both sides stylized; no legends other than blundered reverse control number.
M203+. Obverse type of C. Marius Capito, reverse type of C. Naevius Balbus, after 79 BC; cf. Cr-378/1 (O) and 382/1 (R), 3.62g, serrate. Both sides stylized; blundered, abbreviated and meaningless obverse legend; blundered, recognizable obverse control number; blundered, recognizable reverse legend and control number.
M204+. Types of Ti. Claudius Nero, after 79 BC; cf. Cr-383/1, 4.26g, serrate. Both sides stylized; obverse SC; blundered, barely recognizable reverse legend; accurate control number. See M51 for very similar dies, with similarly blundered legend and nearly identical control number; surely the product of the same engraver, working from the same original coin.
M205+. Obverse type of L. Thorius Balbus, reverse type of Ti. Claudius Nero, after 79 BC; cf. Cr-316/1 (O) and 383/1 (R), 3.78g. Obverse somewhat stylized, reverse very close copy, possibly transferred from official coin; somewhat blundered, recognizable obverse legend; accurate reverse legend and control. Said to have been found in Bulgaria, but unverified.
