LOT 3805
Roman Imperial, Constantine I Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Incuse of uncertain deity standing to right and holding object / Incuse of SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; R-F across fields, R(star)T in exergue. For reverse cf. RIC VII 19 (Nummus of Constantine I, Rome). Condition as seen.(4.89gr, 28mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3805
Roman Imperial, Constantine I Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 257-258. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
VALERIANVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERPET, Securitas standing to left, holding sceptre and leaning upon column to right. RIC V.1 19 corr. (PERP; Lugdunum); Cohen 207a; Elmer 12; Göbl, MIR 869h. 3.60gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Rare
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Diocletian, as Senior Augustus BI Nummus. Struck late AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; Є above [KP] between, [ALE] in exergue. RIC VI 109. 6.64gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crispina, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 178-182. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / LAETITIA, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and rudder set on globe in left; S C across fields. RIC III 669; Banti 10; BMC 417; Cohen 27. 21.6gr, 32mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
