Roman coin with only info "47bc"

I have a nice roman coin with the only info on the coin holder "47BC". I've looked thru everything I can find from that time period and can't find anything that matches. Here is a photo. I hate being the new guy pain in the butt, but so many Roman coins look alike to me. Thanks for any help. Jony

 

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I believe that this is a fake of a Silver Denarius...

As in this group: http://wildwinds.com/coins/rsc/carisia/i.html

 

Windchild is 100% correct. This is a popular type since it shows the tools of the mint used to make coins. Real ones are silver, don't have rims along the edge where the two molds were joined and have sharper detail.

 

Hey WC, why do you think this is a possible fake?

Here is my only example:

T. CARISIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC

 

Well, DS answered my question

 

You guys are really good. Would a fake like this be done in modern times? Or back in that time. Should you display a counterfeit coin if you label it as such? To my knowledge this is the first I have ended up with. Thanks again for your help.

 

This looks modern to me. Fakes of the day were made with a thin silver foil over a copper core so they could pass to the unwary who thought he was getting silver. I do not have this type in 'fourree' but will offer a coin from that period of another type showing copper patches peeking out from below the silver. Your coin would fool no one in the day that expected silver and looks nothing like the then current bronzes.

 

Thank you. I will figure a way to show it as a modern fake in my collection. Jony