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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.).

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Footnotes

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.

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LOT 3251

Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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