LOT 3647
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 241-243. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing to right, resting one hand on hip and other on club set on rock; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 95; RSC 404. Good Very Fine.(3.79gr, 21mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Roman Imperial, Constantine II Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Incuse of CONCORDIA AVG, two standing figures / Incuse of CONSTANTINVS CAESAR SMANTA in four lines. For reverse cf. RIC VII 59 (reverse of Follis of Constantine II, as Caesar, Antioch). 3.89gr, 26mm, 5h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Circa AD 301. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; V in right field; AQP in exergue. RIC VI 31b. 9.33gr, 27mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Earthern green patina with brown highlights.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Diocletian and Carinus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor, on the left, standing to right, holding short sceptre in his left hand and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, on the right, standing to left, holding long sceptre in his left hand; Γ(?) between, XXI in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch); for reverse cf. RIC V 324 (reverse of Antoninianus of Carinus, Cyzicus). 4.05gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
