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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Group of Ten [10] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Various emperors. 22.43gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.) -
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. -
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT V in two lines within wreath; R Q(?) below. RIC 235. 3.17gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
