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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Valerian II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 254-255.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Viminacium(?) mint. P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, sacrificial implements. RIC V.1 19 (Rome). 3.54gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine I or II BI Nummus. 4th century AD.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Treveri mint. 1st officina. CONSTANTIN[...], laureate bust to right, wearing consular robes and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SAR[MATIA D]EVICTA, Victory advancing to right, holding trophy in her right hand and palm frond in her left, spurning captive seated to right; PTR in exergue. Unpublished in the most references. 3.05gr, 17mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Apparently unpublished type.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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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.
