LOT 3175
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. Struck under Carausius, circa AD 286-circa 293. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGGG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; S P across field; C below. Cf. RIC V 20. Extremely Fine.(5.10gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 314-315. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand; R over X in left field, F in right field; R P in exergue. RIC VII 30. 3.05gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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): £65
Treveri mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETITIA AVG N, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. Cf. RIC 769. 2.41gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
