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LOT 3251
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Laureate bust to right / Uncertain type. Condition as seen.1 1/8 in. (4.48gr, 27mm.).
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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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. 3.47gr, 28mm, 8h.
Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing types of different rulers.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
With 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. -
Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 293-311.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint; struck circa AD 309-310. 4th officina. GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing to left, holding apple and drapery; Δ and star across fields, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 58. 5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Aelius, as Caesar AE Dupondius or As. AD 137.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). 11.96gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
