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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Lucilla, Augusta AE As. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rome mint; struck AD 161-164. LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; S C across field. RIC III 1733 (Aurelius); Cohen 11. 9.51gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor on globe; XII in exergue. RIC V.1 22; MER-RIC 1207 (temporary). 2.65gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. Property of a Chester, UK, private collector. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 270-271. 2nd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [DAC]IA FELIX, Dacia standing to left, holding long staff, surmounted by ass's head; S in exergue. RIC V.1 108; MER-RIC 1383 (temporary); Cohen 73. 3.36gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
