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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4723537, member: 110350&quot;]The specific gravity wasn&#039;t really what convinced me it&#039;s a fourree (although, as I said, the fact that it was so much lower each time I tested it than the other Republican denarii from the same time-period that I tested for comparison purposes was more important to me than the raw SG number itself).&nbsp; The low weight was also an important factor. But what convinced me was the evidence [USER=103687]@abc123[/USER] posted, including (1) a non-hybrid example he found on acsearch with CXXIII on both sides, with a reverse die that doesn&#039;t come close to matching the hybrid; since Crawford says there was only one die per control number, that certainly militates against the genuineness of the coin I bought; and (2) most importantly, the photo he found on Gallica of the BnF copy of the hybrid that&#039;s identical to mine, with the surface broken off at a spot in Ceres&#039;s hair and copper showing through.&nbsp; If one hybrid RR denarius is a fourree, than its identical sister is almost certainly a fourree as well.&nbsp; The questions of who created these hybrids (an official mint worker?) and why he&nbsp; exercised his obvious skills to the end of creating and striking hybrid fourrees, are interesting. But not enough to make me want to keep it, since I&#039;ve been offered a full refund.&nbsp; As you said, there are other Crawford 378&#039;s -- and other RR denarii if a 378 I particularly like doesn&#039;t turn up -- in the sea! If the dealer offers the coin for sale again, someone else can buy this mystery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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