Tesauros Posted June 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) Hello, Yesterday a coin was brought to me. It looks like a Titus Denarius. Propably a Counterfeit within Roman Empire or made by Barbarians? If anyone would know more?. Thank you very much and have a wonderfull day. Edited June 30, 2023 by Tesauros 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted June 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted June 30, 2023 Looks like a Titus fourree. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesauros Posted June 30, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, JayAg47 said: Looks like a Titus fourree. Yes thats right, but the inscription says (if i am correct) Domitian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayAg47 Posted June 30, 2023 · Member Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Tesauros said: Yes thats right, but the inscription says (if i am correct) Domitian There's no mention of Domitian, albeit an interesting coin. This is a mule fourree, the obverse of this coin reads IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM, but the reverse reads VENVS AVGVSTI, which is usually the reverse type for Julia Titi, his daughter. Edited June 30, 2023 by JayAg47 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesauros Posted June 30, 2023 · Member Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 38 minutes ago, JayAg47 said: There's no mention of Domitian, albeit an interesting coin. This is a mule fourree, the obverse of this coin reads IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM, but the reverse reads VENVS AVGVSTI, which is usually the reverse type for Julia Titi, his daughter. Thank you for information. Do you think this could be a "moprh"? My theory is that this could be a Barbaric imitation that scrambled 2 coins in one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Conduitt Posted June 30, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted June 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Tesauros said: Thank you for information. Do you think this could be a "moprh"? My theory is that this could be a Barbaric imitation that scrambled 2 coins in one. If it's a fourree, it's a counterfeit. I don't know about 'barbarous' as that usually refers to coins made by tribes outside or on the edges of the Roman Empire in the absence of official issues. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romismatist Posted July 1, 2023 · Member Share Posted July 1, 2023 Yes, I would say from everyone's comments that it's a fouree mule, or contemporary counterfeit. The fact that it's a mule isn't surprising; sometimes fourees were muled so that the counterfeiter and others "in the know" would be able to recognize the coin as a forgery while the more common folk would be none the wiser. Some styles of fourees were so good that people think they may even have been struck at official mints to make the silver go further, or for use in far-flung provinces. For example, a lot of Claudius' denarii found in Britain were fourees. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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