LOT 3145
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Rome mint; struck AD 249-251. HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. RIC IV 55b (Decius); RSC 8. Extremely Fine. Toned. Some deposits on reverse.(4.32gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the Ortiz collection.
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LOT 3145
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate bust to right / Uncertain type. 4.48gr, 27mm.
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. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Rome mint; struck AD 113-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.27gr, 20mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine/Near Extremely Fine. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, 5 December 2011, no.961. Ex ACR ArtCoins Roma, 20 May 2015, no.3192. Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity and Provenance. -
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Group of Seventy Five [75] Roman Imperial AE and AR Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Various emperors. 162gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Suffolk, UK.
