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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LOT 3162
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Laureate bust to right / Uncertain type. 4.48gr, 27mm.
Condition as seen.
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. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. British Victory issue. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / IMPERA-T-OR II, Victory flying to right, holding trophy in both hands; S C across field. RIC III 717a. 28.61gr, 32mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Dark green patina with earthen highlights.
Ex David Miller collection, Hertfordshire, UK, 1980s.
This coin was issued to mark the suppression of the British uprising in AD 143 by the Roman governor of Britannia, Q. Lollius Urbicus, which gave rise to the construction of the Antonine Wall, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Rome mint; struck AD 124-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Roma seated to left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory and cornucopia; S C in exergue. RIC II.3 870; Cohen 343 var. (bust type); BMCRE 1297. 24.39gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
