LOT 3163
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Uncertain mint. [...]CVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Incuse of obverse. Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.(1.91gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank.
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Group of Sixteen [16] Roman Imperial AR Coins. 1st-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Group of Thirty One [31] Roman Imperial Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Condition as seen.
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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.
