LOT 3250
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Probus to right / RESTITVT ORIE-NTIS, turreted female (the Orient) standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left, holding spear. Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing types of different rulers.(3.56gr, 27mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesWith an impression of the obverse on one side, and the reverse on the other, of the coin being counterfeited this ancient forger's casting mould would have been stacked with others, the molten metal being poured from above and allowed to cool.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. Struck under Carausius, circa AD 286-circa 293. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGGG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; S P across field; C below. Cf. RIC V 20. 5.10gr, 22mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Uncertain Ruler of Constantinian Dynasty BI Centenionalis. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Uncertain mint. [...]ONSN[...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [...]PEPHP[...], emperor standing to left on galley; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. Cf. SCBC 750. 2.31gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Constantine I, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and Victory on globe. 2.20gr, 23mm, 10h.
Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing types of different rulers.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
With an impression of the obverse on one side, and the reverse on the other, of the coin being counterfeited this ancient forger's casting mould would have been stacked with others, the molten metal being poured from above and allowed to cool.
