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LOT 3445
Roman Bronze Forger's Coin Die. 4th century AD.
Tiered tapering body, underside with a diademed profile bust facing left, and a worn legend surrounding. 5/8 in. (8.51 grams, 17 mm).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. a similar coin’s die in the BM, accessory no.2006,1038.1; see also PAS no.WAW-13CBB1, for a similar English find.
FootnotesAncient coin dies are rare survivors into the present and are consequently regarded as significant numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the obverse of a Constantinian siliqua.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Near Extremely Fine.
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Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Antioch mint.
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3rd officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; crescent in left field, Γ in right field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 106a. 5.79gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Gallienus Bi Antoninianus. Imitative specimen after the Rome mint issues of AD 267-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GALLIEN[VS A]VG, radiate head to right / [APOLLINI] COS AVG, griffin to left; L in exergue. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 166 (sole reign); cf. MIR 718b; cf. RSC 76. 2.22gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
