LOT 3171
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 283. 3rd officina. IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / M[ARS] VICTOR, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy; C in right field. RIC V.2 386; Cohen 24. Very Fine. Rare.(3.76gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Carausius Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rotomagus (Rouen) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [TVT]-ELA, Tutela standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; altar to left. RIC V.2 684; Webb 769. 4.17gr, 20mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Stafford, Staffordshire, UK. Property of a Manchester, UK, private collector. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
London mint; struck AD 310. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, radiate Sol standing facing, head to left with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; T F across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 121a; C&T 6.02.010; RML 249. 5.09gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
