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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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. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Rome mint; struck AD 124-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Roma seated to left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory and cornucopia; S C in exergue. RIC II.3 870; Cohen 343 var. (bust type); BMCRE 1297. 24.39gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Antioch mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. 4.22gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
