LOT 3245
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Probus to right / RESTITVT ORIE-NTIS, turreted female (the Orient) standing to right, presenting wreath to Emperor standing to left, holding spear. Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing types of different rulers.(3.47gr, 28mm, 8h.).
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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Group of Thirty One [31] Roman Imperial Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various emperors. 83gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.79gr, 17mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Treveri mint; struck AD 350. 2nd officina. IM CAE MAGN-ENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe with right hand and standard with Chi-Rho banner with left; A in right field; TRS(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 266; Bastien 28; LRBC 51. 4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon hoard.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.
