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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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Uncertain Emperor BI Antoninianus. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. Incuse of reverse / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre(?). Cf. MER-RIC 184 (temporary) for rev. type. 2.32gr, 18mm.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 297-299. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquid flows; KB(?) in exergue. RIC VI 11a. 10.47gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C VICTORIN[VS P F AVG], radiate and cuirassed (?) bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton above globe with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V.2 61. 2.50gr, 22mm. 12h.
Very Fine. Double struck of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
