LOT 3195
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 335.
Antioch mint. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, each holding spear, two standards between; SMANΔ in exergue. RIC VII 86. Very Fine.(2.02gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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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. -
Trajan AR Denarius AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Rome mint; struck circa AD 112-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan's Column surmounted with statue of the Emperor; at base, two eagles. RIC II 292; BMCRE 454; Woytek 425v; RSC 558. 3.39gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The reverse type depicts Trajan's Column, one of the most visible and iconic monuments of ancient Rome that survives today. Built to commemorate the Dacian campaign, and using the spoils of war, it was completed in AD 113 and featured on the coinage of that year and the next. -
Lucilla, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 164-182.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, circa AD 164-169. LVCILLA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / VENVS VICTRIX, Venus Victrix standing to left, holding Victory and shield set on ground to right. RIC III 786 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 45-4d; RSC 89. 3.45gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection.
