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<p>[QUOTE="ancientone, post: 4628146, member: 71599"]Showing off my new fouree from Elis and resurrecting this Marc Antony that been buried in my collection for years. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145272[/ATTACH]<b> ELIS, Olympia. 131st-135th Olympiad. 256-240 BC. Fouree </b></p><p><b> </b> Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right.</p><p>Rev: Thunderbolt within olive wreath. </p><p>AR(fourre) Hemidrachm </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145273[/ATTACH]<b> ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. Marc Antony, died 30 BC. Fouree AR Legionary Denarius </b> Obv: ANT. AVG above, III VIR. R. P. C below, galley right.</p><p>Rev: legionary aquila(eagle) between two standards. </p><p><br /></p><p>One practice was to wrap a base metal core with AR or AU foil before striking. You can see the seam around the galley on this obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to share your Ancient Plated Counterfeits.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancientone, post: 4628146, member: 71599"]Showing off my new fouree from Elis and resurrecting this Marc Antony that been buried in my collection for years. [ATTACH=full]1145272[/ATTACH][B] ELIS, Olympia. 131st-135th Olympiad. 256-240 BC. Fouree [/B] Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: Thunderbolt within olive wreath. AR(fourre) Hemidrachm [ATTACH=full]1145273[/ATTACH][B] ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. Marc Antony, died 30 BC. Fouree AR Legionary Denarius [/B] Obv: ANT. AVG above, III VIR. R. P. C below, galley right. Rev: legionary aquila(eagle) between two standards. One practice was to wrap a base metal core with AR or AU foil before striking. You can see the seam around the galley on this obverse. Please feel free to share your Ancient Plated Counterfeits.[/QUOTE]
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