Class A, Group II Geto-Dacian Monetary Imitations. Page 27
M370. Types of L. Lucretius Trio, after 76 BC; cf. Cr-390/1, 3.17g. Both sides stylized; meaningless, inappropriate obverse legend; blundered, recognizable reverse legend. Compare this to the following two coins: the first from the same dies as the present coin, the second from different, but remarkably similar dies, obviously the product of the same workshop.
Gorny 138, lot 1031. March 2005.
Gorny 152, lot105. Oct. 2006.
These latter two coins were both auctioned by Gorny, who described both as suberat, perhaps in error, as specific gravity testing reveals the present coin to be 76.8% silver (SG=10.16.)
M371. Types of C. Egnatius, after 75 BC; cf. Cr-391/2, 2.80g. Both sides stylized; blundered, meaningless reverse legend.
M372. Types of C. Egnatius, after 75 BC; cf. Cr-391/3, 2.93g. Both sides somewhat stylized, the obverse a bit more so; somewhat blundered, easily recognizable legends on both sides. This coin points out the arbitrary nature of Chitescu's Copy/Imitation distinction, which I've adopted, as it could easily be classified as Copy. The dichotomy remains useful, and very clear at either extreme, but it's important to remember that there is a grey area, and sometimes we need to ask the coins different questions. Here, I wanted to keep this coin together with the preceding, as they imitate issues of the same moneyer, and were found in the same Romanian hoard.
M373. Uncertain obverse prototype (Mars?), reverse type of C. Postumius, after 74 BC; cf. Cr-394/1 (R), 3.20g. Both sides quite stylized; no obverse legend; blundered, abstract reverse legend.
