![Group of Sixteen [16] Roman Imperial AR Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/233296b.jpg "Group of Sixteen [16] Roman Imperial AR Coins.")
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LOT 3644
Group of Sixteen [16] Roman Imperial AR Coins. 1st-3rd century AD.
Including an Antoninianus of Postumus. Condition as seen.(49gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate bust or head to right / SOLI INV-[...], radiate Sol standing facing, head to left, right hand raised and holding globe(?) in left. 5.01gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
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. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following Lugdunum mint(?). D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield below; SPLG(?) in exergue. SCBC 750. 4.26gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-311.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Siscia(?) mint. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; Γ(?) in right field; SIS(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 135b. 9.56gr, 29mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
