LOT 3247
Constantine I, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and Victory on globe. Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing types of different rulers.(2.20gr, 23mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesWith 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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Aelius, Caesar AE As. AD 136-138.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Pannonia standing facing, head left, holding vexillum upright on ground, gathering up dress with right hand; S C beneath PANN-O across fields. RIC II.3 2661 (PANNONIA). 14.16gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • V in two lines within wreath; •AQT• below. RIC VII 95 corr. (obv. legend); Bikic-Do hoard, Sirmium VIII Aquileia 401-409; Sear 17170. 3.94gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. A splendid example of a very rare type.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Agrippina Senior AE Sestertius. Died AD 33.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. AGRIPPINA • M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, draped bust to right / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large S C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219-23 (Claudius). 26.34gr, 36mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Lightly smoothed and tooled(?)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
