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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Theodosius, post: 4993273, member: 77077&quot;]I picked up some interesting Greek Fourees recently. I find them interesting for many reasons and they are usually much cheaper than solid coins (or those not revealed as fourees yet anyway). I have the feeling Greek Fourees are somewhat more scarce than Roman ones but that may just be my own experience. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is my new favorite fouree in my collection. I think someone might have gotten suspicious of the coin and decided to test it by putting a hole in it. Looking at the edges of the hole you can really see that it is foil wrapped and not plated. It is actually an attractive coin in hand, the photo makes it look uglier than it appears. The dies match up really closely with Vlasto 665, the worn condition of this fouree makes it hard to call it a die match.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1199279[/ATTACH] </p><p>Calabria, Tarentum</p><p>Silver Foil Wrapped Bronze Fouree Nomos, Circa 310 BC, 23mm, 6.73gms</p><p>Obverse: Nude warrior, holding whip in his right hand, riding galloping horse to right. </p><p>Reverse: Rev. TAPAΣ Phalantus, naked, seated on dolphin l., holding Kantharos in right hand and resting left on dolphin’s back. Very similar to Vlasto 665.</p><p>Ex. Aegean Numismatics, October 2020</p><p><br /></p><p>Next is a pretty beat up Alexander III drachm fouree I got as part of a large lot. This one has seen some hard times. It also looks like it is also foil wrapped when looking at the edges of the flan chips. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1199284[/ATTACH] </p><p>Alexander III, Circa 250 BC</p><p>Silver foil wrapped bronze Fouree Drachm, 15mm 2.86gms, 9 h</p><p>Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.</p><p>Reverse: Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter.</p><p>Reference: Similar to ?</p><p>Bronze showing through on obverse and edge chips.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you like or collect fourees? Do you have any Greek fourees?</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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