All our items are acquired or purchased as authentic! They are 100% authentic!!! If you have the slightest doubt about it pleas contact us! After receiving item(s) have doubts about the authenticity or anything else about your security We guarantee to return your money!!! Buyers with feedback less then 5 please contact us before bidding, otherwise bids will be canceled Ancient Roman Fourrees Imitаtiоn Aureus of Maximianus (Maximian) 286-305 AD Obv. MAXIMIANVS AVGVSTVS - Laureate head of Maximianus (Maximian) facing left. Rev: SECVRITASSAECVLI - Securitas seated left, holding scepter and resting head on hand The chemical analysis showed the following indicators in weight to % 1. Core - Ag 68,24 %; Mn 0,04 %; Cu 29,11 %; Pb 0,70 %; Au 1,91 % 2. Plating - Au 89,57 %; Ag 6,96 %; Cu 1,92 %; Ni 0,03 % Hg 1,52 % Extremely RARE From the very beginning of precious metal coinage a certain number of coins were made with a precious metal 'skin' over a base metal core. Most plated coins are silver over copper but gold over copper and gold over silver coins exist. There are even a few coins of bronze over iron! These 'plated' or 'fourree' (also seen spelled with one 'r' or 'e') pieces were intended to look like their solid counterparts and circulated until the core broke through betraying their nasty little secret. Coins have been counterfeited since the invention of coinage. Before coinage, pre-coin precious metal ingots were counterfeited as well. In ancient times, forgers typically counterfeited coins by plating a base metal core with a precious metal exterior, since the value of coins was tied to the value of their metallic content. Such coins are called fourrees. Fourrees are believed to have been made using a number of different techniques. With silver coins, the most common method is thought to have involved wrapping silver foil around base-metal planchet, heating it, and striking the coin. In some or perhaps many cases, liquid or powdered solder may have been used to help fuse the foil to the planchet. In other cases, a thinner coating of silver is thought to have been produced by dipping a base-metal planchet in a silver solution. With gold coins, gold foil or thinner layers of gold leaf are thought to have been wrapped around the planchet and then burnished down before striking. The foil or leaf may have been affixed to the planchet by heating or with an adhesive such as gum arabic. In other cases, the planchet may have been coated with a liquid gold/mercury amalgam then heated to dissipate the mercury. Fourrees are usually lighter than official coins, with the interior of gold fourrees typically consisting of silver or copper, which are both lighter than gold, and with the interior of silver fourrees typically consisting of copper, which is lighter than silver. Counterfeiters used other metals too, including lead and iron, with some rare fourrees of bronze coins extant that were made from bronze-plated iron. With silver and gold fourrees the weight can be in the correct range if lead was used in the interior or if the flan was made larger than normal. Specific gravity testing can be helpful in the case of overlarge flans. It's likely that some percentage of fourrees with lead interiors have not yet been detected. Some fourrees are found with all of the interior base metal, probably iron, having corroded away, leaving just the silver plating as an empty shell that filled in, underground, with dirt, sand, or clay. Weight: 5,5g Dimension: 21mm Anyone can make their own conclusions about the condition! Incredible artifact for connoisseurs and collectors Sincerely thank you for choosing us. Item(s) will be shipped within the next business day via Royal Mail after payment is confirmed.We send to the address registered in PayPal and can not make changes. No Exceptions.You will get a tracking number. Please ask for combine postage on multiple purchases.We are happy to offer solutions to your inquiries. We only accept PayPal . Payment must be received 5 days after the end of auction We offers a 14 days(from date of receipt) return. If you are not 100% satisfied with our items, you can return them within 14 days for a full price refund (Shipping cost is not refundable) All shipping & handling cost are non-refundable. Customers are responsible for return shipping back to us If anything, please contact us via eBay message or our customer service e-mail. Feedback will be exchanged when you receive the item(s)! We highly appreciate that you can contact with us before you leaving Negative feedback or Neutral feedback. We will offer help to resolve your problems as fast as possible. Check out my other items! Thank you! Please leave your Feedback and do not forget to add us to your list of favorite sellers | 
