LOT 3890
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Incuse of IMP CO[...] P F AVG(?), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of laureate head (or bust) to right. Condition as seen.(3.97gr, 26mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 71. Rome mint.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Current Winning Bid: £220
IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.2 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. 25.10gr, 34mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Slightly smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian, as Senior Augustus BI Nummus. Struck late AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; Є above [KP] between, [ALE] in exergue. RIC VI 109. 6.64gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Clodius Albinus, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 194-195. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head to right / MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva, helmeted, standing to left, holding olive branch and shield set on ground; spear leaning against her arm. RIC IV 7 corr. (obv. legend); BMCRE 95 (wars of the succession); RSC 48. 3.34gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
