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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SeptimusT, post: 2981988, member: 91240&quot;]I picked this up on a whim for a little less than $20 from someone in Spain, because I thought the reverse was interesting. It’s my first fouree, and the reverse is nicely preserved. The legitimate issue dates to 143 BC, so I assume the fouree was made sometime around then.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]733867[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Anonymous Republican Denarius, fouree</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, X.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Diana, with quiver on shoulder, in biga of stags right, holding reins in left hand and torch in right hand; below, crescent; in exergue, ROMA.</p><p>18mm, 2.84g, minted at unknown mint in circa 143 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>Another interesting attribute I noticed was that most authentic examples of this coin have a four spoke wheel, while this one has eight. The only other eight spoke wheel example I turned up was this one in a German museum, which looks like it might also be a fouree (look at Diana’s head and the edges of the reverse): <a href="http://ikmk.smb.museum/object?lang=en&amp;id=18201264&amp;view=rs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ikmk.smb.museum/object?lang=en&amp;id=18201264&amp;view=rs" rel="nofollow">http://ikmk.smb.museum/object?lang=en&amp;id=18201264&amp;view=rs</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Does anyone else have any cool fourees they&#039;d like to show off?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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