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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1792876, member: 19463&quot;]Guys, this is not a thread on ancient counterfeits but one on errors.&nbsp; To get us back on the track I&#039;ll show my fourree brockage of Hadrian, fourree core of a mule of Clodius Albinus (with a rather Septimius looking portrait) and Commodus reverse and fourree mule of Septimius Severus with Caracalla reverse.&nbsp; The Hadrian is a special coin because it shows most clearly one fourree technique where they sprinkled powdered silver solder between the core and outer skin to make them stick together tightly.&nbsp; It glistens in a little diamond shape pit on the reverse neck.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]289636[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]289637[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]289639[/ATTACH]</p><p>I&#039;m sure the Hadrian was an error but mules may have been intentional by makers who wanted to protect themselves from accidentally taking their own handiwork back in commerce.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;f anyone really wants to know more than anyone wants to know about fourrees, I offer my pages:</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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