LOT 3104
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 81-96.
Rome mint. Struck AD 88-89. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter seated left on throne, holding Victory and sceptre; in exergue, S C. RIC II.1 633; Cohen 313; BMC 406; CBN 436. (NGC graded Ch VF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, marks (#8221849-004).).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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![Group of Fifty-Eight [58] Roman AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/234208-s.jpg)
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. 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. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
London(?) mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left; waves and Q[...] below. Cf. RIC V.2 55. 2.16gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.
