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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3014772, member: 82322"]I recall that an ancient source mentions that fourrees were collected in Roman times but I can't seem to find it now...</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Greek and a Roman:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]748354[/ATTACH] </p><p>Macedon, Neapolis, 480-348 BC (411-348?) 1.5g 10mm; fouree, holed</p><p>O: Open mouthed gorgoneion, upper middle teeth visible.</p><p>R: Ν-Ε-Ο-Π; Female head facing right.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]748357[/ATTACH] </p><p>Rome, moneyer Sabula, 74 BC, fourrée denarius, 2.96g 18mm</p><p>O: Winged head of Medusa left, snakes in hair, snakes tied around neck, SABVLA upwards, all within circle of beads.</p><p>R: Bellerophon (or Perseus?) on Pegasus right, aiming spear with right head; below L·COSSVTI·C·F; behind, number XXIIII, all within border of dots.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 3014772, member: 82322"]I recall that an ancient source mentions that fourrees were collected in Roman times but I can't seem to find it now... Here is a Greek and a Roman: [ATTACH=full]748354[/ATTACH] Macedon, Neapolis, 480-348 BC (411-348?) 1.5g 10mm; fouree, holed O: Open mouthed gorgoneion, upper middle teeth visible. R: Ν-Ε-Ο-Π; Female head facing right. [ATTACH=full]748357[/ATTACH] Rome, moneyer Sabula, 74 BC, fourrée denarius, 2.96g 18mm O: Winged head of Medusa left, snakes in hair, snakes tied around neck, SABVLA upwards, all within circle of beads. R: Bellerophon (or Perseus?) on Pegasus right, aiming spear with right head; below L·COSSVTI·C·F; behind, number XXIIII, all within border of dots.[/QUOTE]
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