LOT 3121
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint; struck AD 154-155. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Vesta standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar with patera and holding palladium. RIC III 238; BMCRE 829-831; RSC 201. Near Extremely Fine.(3.30gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s.
Private North Country, UK, collection.
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LOT 3121
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT V in two lines within wreath; R Q below. RIC 235. 2.95gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine I, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and Victory on globe. 2.20gr, 23mm, 10h.
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. -
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Group of Thirty-Eight [38] Roman and Byzantine Coins. 1st-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various emperors. 120gr total.
Condition as seen.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
