Collection of Roman imitations 4

[Pellinore]

The fourth coin that I freed from its holder of the twenty-plus coin lot, all barbarous imitations, bought in London, 1986.
An odd one, I hope you can help me with it. I'm not so well versed in LRB. Beside being an odd combination, the style is off by kilometres, miles and parasangs. Deliciously off.




The obverse is clearly a radiate bust with some lettering left and very large lettering right, almost like runes. The last letter is a bit like a large L with a vague H on it.
But the reverse is, I think, a Fallen Horseman type. To the right is the soldier with an oblique sword or lance killing the rather elementary enemy fellow, almost like a child's drawing. A mule, isn't it? A mule with ears from here to Tokyo. (This is a Dutch expression). 

A large and thin coin with high obverse relief. 22 mm, 1.28 gr.

-- Paul

[Figleaf]

On the obverse, I think I see IMP and 10 and 11 o'clock, but that may well be wishful reading and it doesn't get me any further. I'll venture 4th century, but it's not more than an impression.

I would agree on a fallen horseman type, though my first impression was a camel rider, like on modern Libyan coins

While it's fun to reconstruct which type is imitated, it's not really necessary. The "barbarian coins" of this era are emergency coins, produced locally in some quantity, in the open and readily accepted. Us collector types like to put a date and even a mint on our coins, but the message of these coins is not so much "trust me" but rather "you were wailing for coins, here is one, now don't be picky". Hasty medicine for a sick economy.

Peter

[Pellinore]

I know it's not really necessary, but an unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.
-- Paul