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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtis, post: 24891301, member: 26430"]Plated Drachms of the Pseudo-Rhodian type are definitely know to exist. (I'm sure they're not "official" issues, but contemporary counterfeits, like the vast majority of plated coins/fourrées.) In fact, Ashton published at least one of this exact type (ΓOPΓOΣ or "GORGOS"). (I believe I've seen him catalog more examples in his articles on Pseudo-Rhodian hoards, but this is the only specific example I remember.) Ashton (2002, "Clubs") No. 8 (p. 73 & plate 16), in Athens Museum Coll., described as "Plated" (albeit with a relatively normal weight): [ATTACH=full]1598985[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1598984[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1598983[/ATTACH] R.H.J. ASHTON. "Clubs, Thunderbolts, Torches, Stars and Caducei: more Pseudo-Rhodian Drachms from Mainland Greece and the Islands." Numismatic Chronicle Vol. 162, pp. 59-78. Stable URL: <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42668203" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/42668203" rel="nofollow">https://www.jstor.org/stable/42668203</a> I don't have any of the GORGOS type ones yet (or any plated Pseudo-Rhodian Drachms), but I have a few others, including one "plate coin" published in that same article: "ARISTOKRATES" AR Drachm: Ashton (2002, "Clubs") No. 79 (p. 62 & pl. 13). Ex 1992 Thessalonike Area Hoard (CH VIII, 426). [ATTACH=full]1598986[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1598987[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]