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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Constantius II AE 14mm. AD 337-361. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation of a Fel Temp Reparatio.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Pearl-diademed bust to right / Emperor advancing to left, spearing fallen horseman; shield below. 1.14gr, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Ticinum mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[IMP C] PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent; V to left, TXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 499 var. (star to right); probuscoins.fr 304. 3.58gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much of the original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian, as Caesar AR Denarius. Struck AD 79. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI, laureate head to right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, clasped hands holding legionary eagle set on prow. RIC II 246 (Vespasian); BMCRE 269 (Vespasian); RSC 393. 2.98gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
