LOT 3184
Galerius, as Caesar AE Radiate. AD 293-305.
Cyzicus mint; struck circa AD 295-299. 1st officina. GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding parazonium, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; KA in central field. RIC VI 19b. Very Fine.(2.94gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3184
Galerius, as Caesar AE Radiate.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Treveri mint; struck AD 350. 2nd officina. IM CAE MAGN-ENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe with right hand and standard with Chi-Rho banner with left; A in right field; TRS(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 266; Bastien 28; LRBC 51. 4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon hoard.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353. -
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. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors, two towers, star above; R(wreath)S in exergue. RIC VII 287. 2.98gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
