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LOT 245691
Estimate
GBP (£) 100 - 140
EUR (€) 120 - 160
USD ($) 130 - 190
£50 (EUR 58; USD 67) (+bp*)
Roman Bronze Forger's Coin Die. 4th century AD.
Tiered tapering body, underside with a diademed profile bust facing left and worn legend surrounding. 8.51 grams, 17 mm
PROVENANCE:
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LITERATURE:
Cf. a similar coin’s die in the BM, accessory no.2006,1038.1; see also PAS no.WAW-13CBB1 for a similar english find.
FOOTNOTES:
Ancient coin dies are rare survivors into the present and are consequently regarded as particularly important numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the reverse of a Constantinian siliqua.
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