Ancient Roman Ceramic Casting molds - 35 mm (No reserve price)
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Directed the Ifergan Collection Museum, specialising in Phoenician and Mediterranean archaeology.
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This Roman Empire lot comprises four pairs of 3rd-century AD rectangular terracotta moulds for denarii of Emperor Maximinus Thrax, measuring approximately 35 × 55 mm.
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Description from the seller
Four excellent to very well-preserved rectangular pairs of counterfeit molds for a denarius of Emperor Maximinus Thrax.
Description/Data:
Findspot: Spain / Province of Hispania Tarraconensis / City of Caesaraugusta (Saragossa),
Find location: Preserved sewer system of a villa rustica, located in a field of ruins.
Year found: 1975
Currency: Denarius (silver)
Material: Reddish clay, terracotta
Period: First half of the 3rd century AD
Currency: Denarius / silver
Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus, or Maximinus I (* 172 or 173, or up to ten years later in Thrace (?); † April 238 in Aquileia), was Roman emperor from 235 to 238. He is traditionally considered the first “soldier emperor.” His reign is said to have marked the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century.
Denarius obverse: Draped bust of the emperor wearing a laurel wreath
Denarius reverse: Emperor standing in the center between two legionary standards, RIC.
Length/diameter: approx. 35 mm x 55 mm; material thickness approx. 5 mm
1.)
Weight: Obverse: 13.99 g / Reverse: 14.89 g
Mold number: Roman MMMCLIII = 3153
Condition: Obverse (excellent), complete; reverse (very good), complete.
2.)
Weight: Obverse: 12.74 g / Reverse: 14.00 g
Mold number: Roman MMMCVI = 3106
Condition: Obverse (excellent), complete; reverse (very good), complete.
3.)
Weight: Obverse: 15.18 g / Reverse: 14.51 g
Mold number: Roman MMMCLXXXXII = 3185
Condition: Obverse (excellent), complete; reverse (very good), complete.
4.)
Weight: Obverse: 14.68 g / Reverse: 15.02 g
Mold number: Roman MMMCLXXXXII = 3115
Condition: Obverse (excellent), complete; reverse (very good), complete.
Comes with paper documentation.
The molds were also probably exposed to heat (burn marks).
You are very welcome to collect the molds in person.
Four excellent to very well-preserved rectangular pairs of counterfeit molds for a denarius of Emperor Maximinus Thrax.
Description/Data:
Findspot: Spain / Province of Hispania Tarraconensis / City of Caesaraugusta (Saragossa),
Find location: Preserved sewer system of a villa rustica, located in a field of ruins.
Year found: 1975
Currency: Denarius (silver)
Material: Reddish clay, terracotta
Period: First half of the 3rd century AD
Currency: Denarius / silver
Gaius Iulius Verus Maximinus, or Maximinus I (* 172 or 173, or up to ten years later in Thrace (?); † April 238 in Aquileia), was Roman emperor from 235 to 238. He is traditionally considered the first “soldier emperor.” His reign is said to have marked the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century.
Denarius obverse: Draped bust of the emperor wearing a laurel wreath
Denarius reverse: Emperor standing in the center between two legionary standards, RIC.
Length/diameter: approx. 35 mm x 55 mm; material thickness approx. 5 mm
1.)
Weight: Obverse: 13.99 g / Reverse: 14.89 g
Mold number: Roman MMMCLIII = 3153
Condition: Obverse (excellent), complete; reverse (very good), complete.
2.)
Weight: Obverse: 12.74 g / Reverse: 14.00 g
Mold number: Roman MMMCVI = 3106
Condition: Obverse (excellent), complete; reverse (very good), complete.
3.)
Weight: Obverse: 15.18 g / Reverse: 14.51 g
Mold number: Roman MMMCLXXXXII = 3185
Condition: Obverse (excellent), complete; reverse (very good), complete.
4.)
Weight: Obverse: 14.68 g / Reverse: 15.02 g
Mold number: Roman MMMCLXXXXII = 3115
Condition: Obverse (excellent), complete; reverse (very good), complete.
Comes with paper documentation.
The molds were also probably exposed to heat (burn marks).
You are very welcome to collect the molds in person.
Details
Culture
Ancient Roman
Century/timeframe
3rd century AD
Name of object
Casting molds
Acquired from
Private collection
Year acquired
1975
Material
Ceramic
Country acquired from
Spain
Condition
Very good +
Previous owner acquired from
Private collection
Height
35 mm
Previous owner - year acquired
2011
Width
55 mm
Previous owner - country acquired from
Germany
I verify that I have obtained this object legally and that I am allowed to sell it
Yes
Authenticity
Reproduction/replica
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