Magnus Maximus Imitative AR Siliqua, Barcelona mint. 3.03 gr, 15.48 mm. 
410-411 AD.

Obv: imitative of DN MAXIM-VS PF AVG (N is retrograde), pearl-diademed, 
draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VI(CTOR-A )AAVGGG, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding 
Victory on globe and inverted spear. 

Mintmark SMBA.

imit. RIC X 1601; Sear -.

This is a good imitation of the only silver coin of the period 
known to have been made in Barcelona, with the SMBA mintmark. 
Barcelona (or Barcino as it was known) was used as a mint only 
for 2 years and only under Magnus Maximus. The mintmark SMBA 
was listed by Cohen but was doubted by many savants until a 
bronze coin with the mintmark was found during excavations 
in Barcelona in 1958. The mintmark is rare and an imitation 
with the mintmark probably even rarer.
Imitations are usually not added to wildwinds, but I find
this one is something special.

Courtesy of TimeLine Originals (www.time-lines.co.uk), Apr. 2010