LOT 3099
Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 69-79.
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right holding spear with his right hand and trophy over his left shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.1 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. Near Extremely Fine. Attractive dark olive-green patina.(27.47gr, 33mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Dr F. R. Meyer-Coloniensis, Part III, Münz Zentrum Köln 64, 15 April 1988, 158.
Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG Basel, List 523, July 1989, no. 32.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XIX, 26 March 2020, lot 805.
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection.
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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. -
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 241. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus standing to right, feeding snake held in arms. RIC IV 129a; RSC 325. 3.40gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Gaius (Caligula), with Divus Augustus AR Denarius. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Lugdunum mint. Struck AD 40. C CAESAR • AVG • PON • M • TR • POT • III • COS • III, laureate head of Gaius (Caligula) to right / [DIVVS] AVG PATER PATRIAE, radiate head of Divus Augustus to right. RIC I 24; Lyon 177; RSC 7. 3.20gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Found by Robin Sykes in Yorkshire, UK, on 3 April 2006. Recorded with Simon Holmes at the Yorkshire Museum. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card by Jim Halliday.
