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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2456335, member: 44316&quot;]Long ago I collected ancient imitations and posted a web site on them with thumbnails (because pages with lots of pictures took long to load). At long last today I replaced the thumbnails for the first century page with larger images that they used to link to.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://esty.ancients.info/imit/imit1stC.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://esty.ancients.info/imit/imit1stC.html" rel="nofollow">http://esty.ancients.info/imit/imit1stC.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you are at all curious about fourrees and other imitations, take a look at that site.</p><p>Here is one of the best:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]514039[/ATTACH]</p><p>19 mm. 4:30. 3.56 grams.</p><p>Augustus. A super fourrée of highest style. Only the breaks at 11:00 and 9:00 where the foil is clear makes it obvious this is a fourrée. It had fooled the dealer until I pointed it out. The style is very close to the aureus of this type, BMC plate 7.10.</p><p>Obverse: no legend, laureate bust right</p><p>&nbsp; /FORT RED/CAES AVG/SPQR inscribed on a square altar</p><p>RIC 54a, &quot;Spain&quot;, &quot;R2&quot; page 45.&nbsp; BMC 359a, page 64, plate 7.11 (3.62 grams).</p><p>Sear M 1608var with bust right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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