LOT 3165
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Treveri mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETITIA AVG N, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. Cf. RIC 769. Good Very Fine. Double struck of obverse.(2.41gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-309.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint. GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; A in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 44. 6.74gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right holding spear with his right hand and trophy over his left shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.1 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. 27.47gr, 33mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive dark olive-green patina.
From the collection of Dr F. R. Meyer-Coloniensis, Part III, Münz Zentrum Köln 64, 15 April 1988, 158. Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG Basel, List 523, July 1989, no. 32. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XIX, 26 March 2020, lot 805. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection. -
Constantine I, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and Victory on globe. 2.20gr, 23mm, 10h.
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.
