Barbarian Coins Public Deposited
A general designa- tion for pieces struck from circa B.C. 400 to A.D. 300 in imitation of Greek and Ro- man types. To this class may be assigned the imitations of Athenian coins towards the end of the fifth century B.C.; the imi- tations of the coins of Philip II, of Mace donia, the Gaulish coinage, the imitations of the latter for Britain, and finally imita- tions of Roman Imperial issues. See Hill (pp. 9-10).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)