Holed Fourree Denarius With An Iron Core

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Archeo1982 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 521 Posts	Posted 12/20/2017 7:10 pm I found this Roman Fourree denarius. Instead of a copper core, it has an iron core. After cleaning it, some letters appeared. I believe it's this one: L. Furius Cn. f. Brocchus, moneyer c. 63 BC. Obv: Bust of Ceres right between wheat-ear and barley-corn. Legend: III \| VIR / Below the neck: BROCCHI. Rev: Curule chair between fasces, FVRI/CN F above. Diameter: 17mm Mass: 1,79 gram Metal_:Silver plated iron ref: Syd. 902a Edited by Archeo1982 12/20/2017 7:23 pm Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 12/20/2017 7:12 pm Good that you were able to ID the coin from what little detail remained. Report this Post to the Staff
Archeo1982 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 521 Posts	Posted 12/20/2017 7:24 pm This was an easy one. The text below was the give away. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34419 Posts	Posted 12/20/2017 7:28 pm Certainly could be a match. I do have a question about the hole. The damage appears to be from a piercing from obv to rev. If this were a darn atio event, I would think that the face of the emperor would have been the target rather than Ceres. Maybe this was nailed up to a wall for good luck or holed for jewelry? "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
Archeo1982 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 521 Posts	Posted 12/20/2017 7:40 pm The iron core fourrees of which I know, are mostly pierced/holed like this one, so I believe they were checked if there was suspicion of a false exemplar and made it very clear that it was Report this Post to the Staff
Archeo1982 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 521 Posts	Posted 12/20/2017 7:42 pm If it was a Daemnatio, the name BROCCHI should also have been removed Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34419 Posts	Posted 12/20/2017 7:51 pm Ok yes interesting thanks! "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
arvan Valued Member Canada 125 Posts	Posted 12/21/2017 08:33 am Geez it amazes me how you guys are able to ID some of these coins. I look at some on here and ebay and think how in the world can they say they know what that coin is? Good job! Report this Post to the Staff
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