Alexander The Great Fourree Stater With Lead Core C. 310-275 BC

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Archeo1982 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 521 Posts	Posted 11/26/2017 4:37 pm Alexander fourree staters are known to have been created using two methods, with gold foil or gold leaf. With the first, thin sheets of gold foil were wrapped around the planchet, burnished down, and hammer into place. With the second, thinner gold leaf, perhaps in multiple layers, was applied and burnished down or applied over a mercury solder and heated, burning off the mercury. In either case, the gold plating is thought to have been applied to the blank planchet before striking. Source: http://alexanderthegreatcoins.reidg...erfeits.html Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right Rev: Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm. Diameter: 20mm Mass: 5,52 gram (compared with about 8.6g for an official Alexander gold stater) Edited by Archeo1982 11/26/2017 4:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 11/26/2017 5:08 pm @Archeo1982, I don't have any fourrees in my own collection, but yours is one cool coin! I wonder if these contemporary counterfeits were generally of silver coins or gold coins. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/26/2017 7:38 pm I haven't come across any fouree staters of Alexander, interesting coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Archeo1982 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 521 Posts	Posted 11/26/2017 8:10 pm I collect mostly coins that I find interesting for their impact on history. Fourrees, made by the ruling class to reduce the minting costs or ordinary imitations made by handy forgers. Another important aspect: Fourrees are normally cheaper in price then the pure silver or gold ones, what makes them collectible for the small wallets. Report this Post to the Staff
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