LOT 3240
Valens AR Siliqua. AD 364-378.
Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 367-375. D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on throne, holding Victory on globe to right and sceptre; TRPS• below. RIC IX 27e.1; RSC 109†a. Good Very Fine. Deep iridescent toning. Flan crack at 5h. Double-struck on reverse.(2.01gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3240
Valens AR Siliqua.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Uncertain mint. [...] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.22gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From 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. -
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. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 295. 1st officina. MAXIMIANVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; A in exergue. RIC V.2 408. 2.68gr, 24mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
