LOT 3132
Crispina, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 178-182.
Rome mint; struck AD 180-182. CRISPINA AVG IMP COMMODI AVG, draped bust to right / [S]ALVS, Salus seated to left, feeding from patera snake coiled around altar; S C across field. RIC III 672b (Commodus); Cohen 32; BMCRE 423 (Commodus). Very Fine. Attractive green highlights on light brown patina.(19.28gr, 28mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx London, Mayfair, UK, collection.
Accompanied by old collector's envelope noting 'Lot Brass / Crispina / wife of Commodus / AD 180 / Rev SALVS / L354 / 1/7/35'.
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Group of Fifty-Eight [58] Roman AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Various emperors. 131gr total.
Condition as seen.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian II to right / [SOLI INVI-]CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; C S across fields. 4.57gr, 28mm, 2h.
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. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Probus to right / RESTITVT ORIE-NTIS, turreted female (the Orient) standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left, holding spear. 3.56gr, 27mm, 9h.
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.
