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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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Diocletian standing to right, holding parazonium, and receiving Victory from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; A between figures, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 306. 3.65gr, 21mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
IM CAE MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor, in military dress, standing to left on prow of galley, holding Victory on globe and labarum inscribed with Chi-Rho, Victory seated steering in stern; A in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VIII 260. 5.64gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in raised hand and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 12; BMCRE 68-71; RSC 31a. 2.63gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
