Roma Numismatics Ltd
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A Terracotta Counterfeiter's Mould of Maximinus II. Imitating Alexandria, after AD 312. Negative impressions: IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding head of Serapis and cornucopiae; star in upper left field, N-Є across fields, palm in lower left field, [ALE] in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 160b. 5.66g, 33mm, 12h.
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.