LOT 3253
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Laureate bust or head to right / SOLI INV-[...], radiate Sol standing facing, head to left, right hand raised and holding globe(?) in left. Condition as seen.(5.01gr, 27mm, 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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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Following Ambianum mint; struck circa AD 351-353. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, AMB in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 34; SCBC 612; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 210. 11.40gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
![Group of Twenty-Five [25] Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/234201-s.jpg)
Group of Twenty-Five [25] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Various emperors. 108gr total.
Condition as seen.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Rome mint; struck AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right, drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing to right, drawing out fold of dress and holding branch downwards. RIC II 282 var. (bust type). 3.41gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
