LOT 3215
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 323. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT X in two lines within laurel wreath; PLGC in exergue. RIC VII 218. Extremely Fine. Dark brown glossy patina. High-relief.(3.71gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £23
Rome mint; struck AD 249-251. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. RIC IV 55b (Decius); RSC 8. 4.32gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Some deposits on reverse.
From the Ortiz collection. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
CONCORDIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing one another, holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield; between them, two standards. 5.53gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing two reverse types.
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. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Uncertain mint. [...]CVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 1.91gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank.
