LOT 3762
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 RESTITVT [...], female figure, turreted and on the left, standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor, on the right, standing to left, extending his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch). Condition as seen.(3.70gr, 27mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3762
Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 136. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to left / FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing facing, head to right, holding basket of fruit and grain ears. RIC II.3 2200; BMCRE 627; RSC 716. 3.13gr, 17mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius AE Quadrans. AD 42. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
PON M TR P IMP P P COS II around large S C / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG around three-legged modius. RIC 90; BMCRE 182. 3.28gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Struck AD 194-195. Emesa mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAE L • SEP SE•V PERT AVG COS II, laureate head to right / BONI EV-ENTVS, Bonus Eventus standing to left, holding plate of fruit and two grain ears. RIC IV 369; BMCRE 343 (Wars of the Succession); RSC 68. 3.04gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
