LOT 3248
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
CONCORDIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing one another, holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield; between them, two standards. Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing two reverse types.(5.53gr, 28mm, 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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Trajan AR Denarius AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Rome mint; struck circa AD 112-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Trajan's Column surmounted with statue of the Emperor; at base, two eagles. RIC II 292; BMCRE 454; Woytek 425v; RSC 558. 3.39gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The reverse type depicts Trajan's Column, one of the most visible and iconic monuments of ancient Rome that survives today. Built to commemorate the Dacian campaign, and using the spoils of war, it was completed in AD 113 and featured on the coinage of that year and the next. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • V in two lines within wreath; •AQT• below. RIC VII 95 corr. (obv. legend); Bikic-Do hoard, Sirmium VIII Aquileia 401-409; Sear 17170. 3.94gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. A splendid example of a very rare type.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
CONCORDIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing one another, holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield; between them, two standards. 5.53gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing two reverse types.
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.
