LOT 3249
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian II to right / [SOLI INVI-]CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; C S across fields. Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing types of different rulers.(4.57gr, 28mm, 2h.).
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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LOT 3249
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian II to right / [SOLI INVI-]CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; C S across fields. 4.57gr, 28mm, 2h.
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. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS [...]VG, radiate, draped (?) and cuirassed bust to right / [FIDE]S MIL[ITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. Cf. RIC V.1 71. 2.81gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Mint error.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 5th officina. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; T in left field, VXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 517; Pink VI/1, p. 66. 3.74gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
