LOT 3237
Julian II BI Double Maiorina. AD 360-363.
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. Very Fine. Dark brown and earthen patina.(8.55gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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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. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding serpent in her arms. RIC V.2 67 (Southern Mint) and 122 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.28gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman (collector's ticket included). -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
CONCORDIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing one another, holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield; between them, two standards. 5.53gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing two reverse types.
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.
