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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3014809, member: 56859"]Doug's page on fourrees is great and I particularly like his angled images of the Athens fourree. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This one even has the story of how it came to be (fictional, but hey, it <i>could</i> have happened that way <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg%2525252Fv1%2525252Ffit%2525252Fw_1644%2525252Ch_1028%2525252Cq_90%2525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2525252Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg%252526hash%25253D1322f33116d97e9c8a20f3e5f4936892%2526hash%253D15d33cd03626d48cb030cd08f4c2daa5%26hash%3D868c42691fe400dd4c2de0464898e6ce&hash=57a221c0c40c089b8ca1dc036eadf825" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic fourée mule denarius</b></p><p><b>L. Antestius Gragulus, 136 BCE, and C. Renius, 138 BCE</b></p><p>ancient forgery, 3.18 gm</p><p>Obv: Roma helmeted head right, * below chin, GRAG behind</p><p>Rev: Juno Caprotina in a biga of goats, C・RENI below, ROMA in exergue</p><p>Ref: Obverse S.115, Cr.238/1, Syd.451, RSC Antestia 9; Reverse S.108, Cr.231/1, Syd.432, RSc Renia 1</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mule-or-goat-both-gragulus-renius-fourée-denarius.270214/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mule-or-goat-both-gragulus-renius-fourée-denarius.270214/">The story.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have one more, also a Roman Republican. They are plentiful in that era.</p><p>It has serrated edges. If, as some have speculated, serrates were made that way to deter forgers, it failed! In recent times someone filed between serrations, presumably to take a look at the core (even though the core was likely already exposed in other places. Pretty cool, actually! I'm glad someone else did it because while I have no problem owning the coin with that modern damage and enjoyed the peek inside, I'd have trouble taking a file to it myself!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottafourree-cr314-1c-rt-jpg.505128/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, Lucius Aurelius Cotta</b></p><p>105 BCE</p><p>Fourree AR serrate denarius, 20 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; tongs and star behind; all within wreath and dotted border</p><p>Rev: eagle standing on thunderbolt, head left; L·COT below, V to right; all within laurel wreath and dotted border</p><p>Ref: c.f. Crawford 314/1c; Sydenham 577a; Aurelia 21b</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC ChVF, 5/5 strike, 3/5 surface</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottafourree-sideview_edited-1-jpg.505134/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you can find it again! I'd love to see that documentation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3014809, member: 56859"]Doug's page on fourrees is great and I particularly like his angled images of the Athens fourree. :D This one even has the story of how it came to be (fictional, but hey, it [I]could[/I] have happened that way :D) [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2525252Fmedia%2525252Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg%2525252Fv1%2525252Ffit%2525252Fw_1644%2525252Ch_1028%2525252Cq_90%2525252Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01%2525252Fae43f8_8082b8ae176246d587794e21e2b76c71.jpg%252526hash%25253D1322f33116d97e9c8a20f3e5f4936892%2526hash%253D15d33cd03626d48cb030cd08f4c2daa5%26hash%3D868c42691fe400dd4c2de0464898e6ce&hash=57a221c0c40c089b8ca1dc036eadf825[/IMG] [B]Roman Republic fourée mule denarius L. Antestius Gragulus, 136 BCE, and C. Renius, 138 BCE[/B] ancient forgery, 3.18 gm Obv: Roma helmeted head right, * below chin, GRAG behind Rev: Juno Caprotina in a biga of goats, C・RENI below, ROMA in exergue Ref: Obverse S.115, Cr.238/1, Syd.451, RSC Antestia 9; Reverse S.108, Cr.231/1, Syd.432, RSc Renia 1 [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/mule-or-goat-both-gragulus-renius-fourée-denarius.270214/']The story.[/URL] I have one more, also a Roman Republican. They are plentiful in that era. It has serrated edges. If, as some have speculated, serrates were made that way to deter forgers, it failed! In recent times someone filed between serrations, presumably to take a look at the core (even though the core was likely already exposed in other places. Pretty cool, actually! I'm glad someone else did it because while I have no problem owning the coin with that modern damage and enjoyed the peek inside, I'd have trouble taking a file to it myself! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottafourree-cr314-1c-rt-jpg.505128/[/IMG] [B]Roman Republic, Lucius Aurelius Cotta[/B] 105 BCE Fourree AR serrate denarius, 20 mm, 3.8 gm Obv: draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; tongs and star behind; all within wreath and dotted border Rev: eagle standing on thunderbolt, head left; L·COT below, V to right; all within laurel wreath and dotted border Ref: c.f. Crawford 314/1c; Sydenham 577a; Aurelia 21b [I]formerly slabbed, NGC ChVF, 5/5 strike, 3/5 surface[/I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottafourree-sideview_edited-1-jpg.505134/[/IMG] I hope you can find it again! I'd love to see that documentation.[/QUOTE]
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