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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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C VICTORIN[VS P F AVG], radiate and cuirassed (?) bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton above globe with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V.2 61. 2.50gr, 22mm. 12h.
Very Fine. Double struck of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Arcadius AE 14mm. AD 383-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck AD 383-388. 4th officina. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; ANΔ below. RIC IX 65c. 1.29gr, 14mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Valentinian II AE 12mm. AD 375-392.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Alexandria mint; struck AD 378-383. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; ALE[B?] below. Cf. RIC IX 13b. 1.48gr, 12mm. 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
