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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Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £45
Rome mint; struck AD 154-155. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Vesta standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar with patera and holding palladium. RIC III 238; BMCRE 829-831; RSC 201. 3.30gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Ticinum mint; struck AD 319. 3rd officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR over altar which is described with 'C'; T T in exergue. RIC VII, 93 (R3). 3.30gr, 17mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.26gr, 17mm.
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.
