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<p>[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7857613, member: 44316"]When fourrés were discovered they were often marked as counterfeit by pounding a hole through them. I suspect that, above in this thread, coins of [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] , [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] , [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER] , [USER=88526]@Jay GT4[/USER] , [USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER] , [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] , and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] were holed for this reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have two Greek coins that were holed because they were exposed as a counterfeits.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354091[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Plated, holed, imitation. 13 mm. 1.71 grams.</p><p>Cherronesos, Thrace </p><p>Fine style, but an obvious fourree, with copper showing all the way through the hole, around it, and elsewhere.</p><p>The piercing was to mark it as a counterfeit.</p><p>Obverse: Forepart of lion right, looking back, paws raised.</p><p>Reverse: reverse in four quadrants, one with grape cluster, opposite one with pellet (It could be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise)</p><p>References for the prototype: Sear Greek I, 1602-1606 var. SAN XVII#1, cover coin type. SNG Copenhagen 824-843 var. Says "480-350 BC."</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354093[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Fourré hemidrachm with much silver, but much copper showing.</p><p>13 mm. 1.65 grams. A big hole. </p><p>Gorgonion facing, tongue out</p><p> /bull standing left, looking back. Pi A above, P I below.</p><p>Again we see piercing, which indicates that this was discovered to be false in ancient times and purposely defaced.</p><p>Prototype: Sear Greek 3919-3922. SNG Copenhagen 257-266. Dated to about 350-300 BC.</p><p>Parion is on the southern shores of the Propontis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Valentinian, post: 7857613, member: 44316"]When fourrés were discovered they were often marked as counterfeit by pounding a hole through them. I suspect that, above in this thread, coins of [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] , [USER=87809]@cmezner[/USER] , [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER] , [USER=88526]@Jay GT4[/USER] , [USER=77226]@Orange Julius[/USER] , [USER=99554]@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix[/USER] , and [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] were holed for this reason. I have two Greek coins that were holed because they were exposed as a counterfeits. [ATTACH=full]1354091[/ATTACH] Plated, holed, imitation. 13 mm. 1.71 grams. Cherronesos, Thrace Fine style, but an obvious fourree, with copper showing all the way through the hole, around it, and elsewhere. The piercing was to mark it as a counterfeit. Obverse: Forepart of lion right, looking back, paws raised. Reverse: reverse in four quadrants, one with grape cluster, opposite one with pellet (It could be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise) References for the prototype: Sear Greek I, 1602-1606 var. SAN XVII#1, cover coin type. SNG Copenhagen 824-843 var. Says "480-350 BC." [ATTACH=full]1354093[/ATTACH] Fourré hemidrachm with much silver, but much copper showing. 13 mm. 1.65 grams. A big hole. Gorgonion facing, tongue out /bull standing left, looking back. Pi A above, P I below. Again we see piercing, which indicates that this was discovered to be false in ancient times and purposely defaced. Prototype: Sear Greek 3919-3922. SNG Copenhagen 257-266. Dated to about 350-300 BC. Parion is on the southern shores of the Propontis.[/QUOTE]
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