LOT 3122
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint; struck AD 145-147. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and vertical sceptre in her left. RIC III 129; Cohen 226; BMCRE 521. Very Fine.(3.01gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Braintree, Essex, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-9F6A6F.
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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Probus to right / RESTITVT ORIE-NTIS, turreted female (the Orient) standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left, holding spear. 3.56gr, 27mm, 9h.
Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing types of different rulers.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
With an impression of the obverse on one side, and the reverse on the other, of the coin being counterfeited this ancient forger's casting mould would have been stacked with others, the molten metal being poured from above and allowed to cool. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
London(?) mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left; waves and Q[...] below. Cf. RIC V.2 55. 2.16gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 145-161. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left, holding Victory on extended right hand and transverse spear with left, resting left elbow on shield set on prow to right; S C across fields. RIC III 780; Cohen 753; Banti 365. 26.55gr, 32mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Braintree, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-9F4E7F.
