LOT 3750
Roman Imperial, Probus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Incuse of IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.1 83 (obverse of Antoninianus of Tacitus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC 920 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Antioch). Condition as seen.(4.16gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3750
Roman Imperial, Probus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-287. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules standing to right, holding his right hand behind his back and leaning his left on club set on rock; lion's skin draped over club; PXXIT in exergue. RIC 215; Cohen 133; Venèra 6295-309. 3.35gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AE As. Struck AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P, laureate head right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC II.1 708; Cohen 332; BMCRE 449-50. 9.14gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Theodosius I AE Maiorina. AD 383-388. Cyzicus mint. Uncertain officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to right, holding standard and globe, left foot on captive; SMK[?] in exergue. RIC IX 25B. 5.49gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
