LOT 3760
Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of uncertain type. For obverse cf. RIC 284 (obverse of Nummus of Diocletian, Heraclea). Condition as seen.(4.73gr, 28mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3760
Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Augustus AE As. 15-10 BC. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
CAESAR • PONT [MAX], laureate head to right / ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylized figures; altar flanked by columns surmounted by statues of Victory standing vis-à-vis, each holding palm frond in her right hand and wreath in her left. RIC 230; BMC 550; Cohen 240. 9.43gr, 26mm, 8h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 270-271. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C VICTORIN[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered inscription, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. 2.42gr, 19mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Florian BI Antoninianus. AD 246. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP FLORIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Victory standing to right, holding palm and presenting wreath to emperor standing to left, holding sceptre; P in exergue. RIC V online 4526. 3.46gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
