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LOT 3643
Group of Thirty One [31] Roman Imperial Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Various emperors. Condition as seen.(83gr total.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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Julian II BI Double Maiorina. AD 360-363.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Constantinople mint. Struck 3 November-26 June AD 363. 2nd officina. D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REI PVB •, bull standing to right; two stars above; • CONSPB(palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 162; LRBC 2058. 8.55gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Dark brown and earthen patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian II to right / [SOLI INVI-]CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; C S across fields. 4.57gr, 28mm, 2h.
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. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £105
Rome mint; struck AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 266; BMCRE 335-8 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 222. 3.42gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection.
