Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 68 27 Feb 2020
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Crispus, as Caesar, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. Imitating Alexandria, after AD 320. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate bust left, wearing imperial mantle and holding mappa, sceptre and globe / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head left, chlamys over shoulder, holding patera and sceptre; crescent-B across fields, SMAL in exergue. Cf. RIC 22. 2.20g, 23mm, 10h.
Condition as seen. An interesting curiosity.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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.
Condition as seen. An interesting curiosity.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
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.