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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LOT 3248
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius II to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; cross in left field, star in right field. 4.07gr, 27mm, 5h.
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. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 286-305.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 298-303. 2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; •TSB• in exergue. RIC VI 21b. 9.69gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Philip I AE Sestertius. AD 244-249.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Rome mint; struck AD 248. 6th officina. 9th emission. Ludi Saeculares (Secular Games) issue, commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Rome. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLARES AVGG, antelope walking to left. RIC IV 161; Banti 50. 16.31gr, 27mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Light brown patina. '5786' on reverse.
Ex private Hertfordshire, UK, collection, and David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK, 1990 (collector's tickets included).
Ludi Saeculares were secular games, and they were celebrated only once in a century, because it was scarcely given to a man to see them more than once in his life (in particular, the Romans reckoned a saeculum as the longest possible length of human life, either 100 or 110 years in length).
