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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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 317-320. 2nd officina. D N FL CL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and draped bust to left, globe and sceptre in left hand, mappa in right / [P]ROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys over left shoulder, holding Victory on globe with right hand and leaning on sceptre with left; palm branch in left field, pellet over B in right; SMN in exergue. RIC VII 35. 2.65gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following uncertain mint. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, D in left field; uncertain mintmark in exergue. SCBC 750; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 217 (Arles). 2.57gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Antioch mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. 4.48gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
