LOT 3173
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 300-301.
Antioch mint. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; K in left field, Δ over H in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54a. Very Fine.(9.67gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3173
Diocletian BI Nummus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / MARTI PACIF, Mars walking to left, holding olive branch and spear and shield; I in left field, QXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 508. 4.04gr, 24mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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. 3.47gr, 28mm, 8h.
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. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22
Aquileia mint. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT X with captive seated on ground to either side; S F across fields, AQT in exergue. RIC VII 41. 3.43gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
