Junk Lot - Fourrée or just fake? Two Roman Republican Denarii, etc.

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Marsyas Mike, Dec 21, 2017.

  1. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    Bottom feeding as always, got a lot of four ancient odd-balls for $8.50. Junky stuff, but I've been having fun fooling with them. Two of them are Roman Republican fourrée that might not be ancient. I am quite unfamiliar with this sort of thing, so I thought I'd run 'em by y'all.

    First is (more or less) L Julius Bursio Denarius. 85 BC. Winged head of Genius or Apollo Vejovis right...Crawford 352/1a (?). It is obviously plated, with one edge smashed flat, then clipped, showing a dramatic copper core exposure along a sharp edge:
    L Julius Bursio Denarius. 85 BC my photos (1).JPG
    L Julius Bursio Denarius. 85 BC my photos (4).JPG

    The next is M. Volteius M. f. 76 BC. with a biga of snakes. Always wanted one of these (but not like this!). It is all copper (bronze?) with what looks like plating - but not silver? Just the rotten core, perhaps. The snakes are hard to see, but the green crud (bronze disease, probably) follows their coils:

    Volteia - 76 BC denarius Ceres Biga of Snakes my photos (2).JPG
    Volteia - 76 BC denarius Ceres Biga of Snakes my photos (5).JPG

    One other oddity, not Roman - a Mysia, Pergamon Athena / Owl. I think this one is real, but it has a horrible reverse encrustation that obliterates the owl - possibly removable, but I have no idea how (you can just see the owl's head peaking out the top of the blob - sorry about my blurry photo). I rather like the obverse with its psychedelic patina:

    MYSIA, Pergamon owl my photos (2).JPG

    MYSIA, Pergamon owl my photos (7).JPG
    Finally, the reason I paid $8.50 for this lot: Quinarius 97 BC. Laureate head of Apollo / Victory inscribing shield on trophy. Egnatueleia 1, Syd 588, Crawford 333/1. It has been overly-cleaned and has banker marks, but I was pretty pleased with it nonetheless - from what I've seen online these are a bit crude looking in general:

    Egnatuleia - 97 BC Quinarius Apollo Victory my photos (2gg).jpg
     

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