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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Pupienus AE Sestertius. April-July AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Rome mint. IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; S C in exergue. RIC IV 20; Cohen 7; BMCRE 43. 21.65gr, 32mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Lovely brown patina with light green highlights.
Ex London, Mayfair, UK, collection. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Treveri mint; struck AD 323-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory, holding trophy and palm, advancing to right towards captive seated on ground to right, looking to left; PTR(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 435 corr. (palm). 3.963gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Rome mint; struck AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RIC IV.2 28; Cohen -. 2.96gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
