LOT 3246
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Laureate head (Constantine I?) to right / D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius II to right. Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing two obverse types.(4.65gr, 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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Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Rome mint; struck AD 119-circa mid 120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust to right, slight drapery over far shoulder / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus standing to left, her right foot on globe, holding patera and rudder; S C across fields. RIC II.3 276; RIC II 604a. 13.38gr, 26mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From UK private collection. -
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Thessalonika mint; struck AD 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate and draped bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, two bound captives seated to left and to right at foot; S F across fields, •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VII, 83 var. 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Rome mint; struck AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M THICO P M TR P COS VI P P (sic), radiate and draped bust to right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE [ROMANVS], emperor standing facing, head to left, between two trophies; S C in exergue. RIC II 676 var. (obverse legend); BMCRE 1052-4 var. (same); Woytek 586v var. (same). 14.12gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Lightly smoothed and tooled, possibly resulting in variant in obverse legend.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 111, 24 August 2023, lot 821 (company's ticket included). Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
