I See More Silver :)

Just had a read on FAC at meanings of words, and I seen this:

fourée or fourrée

An ancient counterfeit or unofficial coin with a base metal core and a precious metal surface. They are often very patchy, and sometimes only a bronze core remains to be seen.

I didn't realise that it means this coin was a fake roman coin (meaning faked by romans), that's kind of cool? I assumed it was just how they struck some of them officially

Strangely, I just had the same conversation with my better half, I said, they must have been done at the mint because you would assume that it wouldn't be easy for civilians to replicate the process so well.
I bet, a fair chunk of the silver roman coins out there have the same, but we would never know, This coin, as you will see, would have been a very nice looking silver coin. But they didn't skimp as much on this coin compared to others I have seen since researching.
I do again, the more I have learnt, wonder if in this case the hole was put in the coin to prove it not to be a full silver coin. I also wonder if the damage on the emperors head was done in anger when they realised they had been given a fake silver coin :)