LOT 3162
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.(2.79gr, 17mm.).
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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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian II to right / [SOLI INVI-]CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; C S across fields. 4.57gr, 28mm, 2h.
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. -
Macrinus AD Denarius. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Rome mint; struck AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to right, right foot on helmet, holding signum in each hand. RIC IV.2 67; Cohen 23; BMC 65. 3.47gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C VICTORIN[VS P F AVG], radiate and cuirassed (?) bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton above globe with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V.2 61. 2.50gr, 22mm. 12h.
Very Fine. Double struck of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
