LOT 3127
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Rome mint; struck AD 161. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate head to right, with slight drapery over shoulders / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XV, Marcus Aurelius, togate, on the left, and Lucius Verus, togate, on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands, each holding a scroll in his left hand; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 795-797 var. (bust type); Cohen 45-47 var. (same). Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare bust type.(26.55gr, 33mm, 12h.).
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. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Probus to right / RESTITVT ORIE-NTIS, turreted female (the Orient) standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left, holding spear. 3.56gr, 27mm, 9h.
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. -
Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus AR Denarius. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Lugdunum mint. Struck AD 40. C CAESAR • AVG • PON • M • TR • POT • III • COS • III, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) to right / [DIVVS] AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right. RIC I 24; Lyon 177; RSC 7. 3.20gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Found by Robin Sykes in Yorkshire, UK, on 3 April 2006. Recorded with Simon Holmes at the Yorkshire Museum. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card by Jim Halliday. -
Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 293-311.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint; struck circa AD 309-310. 4th officina. GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing to left, holding apple and drapery; Δ and star across fields, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 58. 5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
