show us your ancient fourre

I read about these in a ancient book but there were no pictures and i hope you guys have some of these official counterfeits to show off Id love to see them. post away

 

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C FABIUS CF HADRIANUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FABIA
Fourree Denarius

 

CN.PLANCIVS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS PLANCIA
Fourree Denarius

 

is the rusty color the copper or iron showing threw the silver

 

Copper. I have one other but it has no silver remaining at all. Just the copper core:

P. SATRIENUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS SATRIENA
Fourree Denarius

 

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Vespasian. AD 69-79.​

Fourrée Denarius (18mm, 2.14 g, 7 h)​

Copying a Rome mint issue of AD 77-78.​

Laureate head right​

Pair of oxen under yoke left​

Cf. RIC II 943​

 

pretty cool i hope to see more tommarrow

 

maybe ill get one of these for more collection to put next to a full silver one.

is it possible that some people may have some of these but think there full silver.

as long as the orginal owner never cut it

 

Asia,Baktria
Menander I Soter 165/55-130 BC
Fourree Drachm 16.6 mm x 2.06g
Obverse: Helmeted bust of youthful Menander right. BASILEWS SWTHPOS
Reverse: Kharoshti script -Athena Alkidemos with shield and Thunderbolt advancing left. (Blundered?)Monogram in right field.
Host ref: MIG 218c

 

The fouree core of a Dyrrachium drachm.


Julius Caesar Denarius (fouree') . 46-45 BC, Spanish mint. Diademed head of Venus right, Cupid on her shoulder / CAESAR below Gallia & Gaulish captive seated beneath trophy of Gallic arms. Syd 1014, Crawford 468/1, RSC 13


Fouree silver plated denarius, cf. RSC I Volteia 4 (official, Rome mint, 78 B.C.), Fair, illegal mint, weight 2.881g, maximum diameter 17.5mm, c. 78 - 40 B.C.; obverse laureate helmeted head of Attis right; reverse Cybele seated in chariot drawn by two lions; with a John Quincy Adams Collection tag from the Stack's Sale Ex John Quincy Adams Collection, 6th President of the United States, and His Descendants, ex Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, ex Stack’s Sale , 5-6 March 1971. lot 907 ? ex Forvm

 

not a fourree but thought i'd post thiso ne



Lucius Verus, Ancient Counterfeit with Faustina II Reverse Silver denarius, for reverse cf. RIC III Faustina II A506a, Fair, illegal mint, weight 1.553g, maximum diameter 17.3mm, die axis 0o,obverse L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right; reverse LAETITIAE PVBLICAE, Laetitia standing left, diadem in right, scepter in right "Interesting hybrid of a Marcus Aurelius obverse with a Faustina II reverse (RIC A506a.)" ex Forvm

 

Nerva -

 

This coin was given to me by my favourite coin seller (he said that it was probably a fouree, but because I'm a gryphon fan, he gave it to me as a gift)

... the first two home-photos are of the supposed fouree (the third photo shows what the real coin is supposed to look like)

 

Jerry, does that coin have a lead core? Have you tested it with a magnet?

 

Hi JA ... well, I tested it with a magnet and it is "not" magnetic ... but as you probably already know, that means it may have a lead core (lead is non-magnetic), but it could also have a copper, bronze, etc, or any other non-magnetic core) ...

I did decide to weigh it (I bought a wonderful lil' weigh-scale during my vacation) and it weighs 2.98 grams .... so then I went to Wildwinds and researched what an authentic Thrace Abdera Tetrobol weighs and discovered two examples: 2.87 and 2.86 grams

... so, I am a bit confused whether this is authentic, or whether it is a fake? (ummm, the condition is less than ideal, so I'm sure that it's not worth a fortune ... but if it is authentic, then it is worth a few bucks ... and if it's not authentic, then it's still pretty cool)

=> either way => Batman rocks!!

 

I'm not saying it doesn't look like a fouree, it's just that it looks like it has a lead core, and from what I've seen, the lead cores are far less common than copper or bronze.

 

well JA, the coin is quite worn, yet it actually weighs a bit more than the two authentic examples, so you certainly may be onto somethun'?

 

I don't think I would be concerned with a 0.11 difference with the coins posted on Wildwinds. I'm sure that is within tolerance, especially when considering wear over the past couple of thousand years.

 

=> I hear ya, Bing ... I was more concerned with the fact that Dionysos told me that it may be a fouree (that holds more water with me than my cool, new weigh-scale!!)

 

http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/fourree.html
Above is the first of my series of four fourree pages. I have a few not on the pages and a few that got separate pages of their own because they are more special than most.

Here are a few I like starting with Greek. Some are more obviously plated than others.