LOT 3146
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Samosata mint; struck circa AD 255-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / VIRTVS AVGG Valerian on left, holding spear and globe, and Gallienus on right, holding spear and Victory, both in military attire standing facing one another. RIC V.1 292 var. (bust to right); Cohen 277 var. (same); MIR 1681f. Very Fine. Extremely rare with left-facing bust.(3.74gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3146
Valerian I BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £105
Rome mint; struck AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 266; BMCRE 335-8 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 222. 3.42gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
CONCORDIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing one another, holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield; between them, two standards. 5.53gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing two reverse types.
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 AE Antoninianus (Limes Falsum?). AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS TEMPORVM, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and sceptre. Cf. RIC 63. 4.18gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
