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LOT 3782
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Incuse of IMP CONSTANTINVS [...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of standing figure, obscure inscription. Condition as seen.(4.03gr, 28mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Tiberius AR Denarius. Struck AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
[TI CAESΛR DIVI] ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, her legs draped resting on footstool, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.46gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 265-266. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing facing, head to left, holding olive-branch with right hand, spear and shield with left; A in left field. RIC V.1 236 (sole reign); MIR 570t. 2.81gr, 22mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Valens AR Siliqua. AD 367-375. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on throne, holding Victory on globe with right hand and sceptre with left; TRPS• in exergue. RIC IX 27e.1; RSC 109†a. 2.23gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
