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Details
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).
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 significant numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the obverse of a Constantinian siliqua.
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