CNG 109, Lot: 756. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ROMAN IMPERIAL, Counterfeiters’ Molds. temp. Maximinus II. Caesar AD 305-309; Augustus, AD 310-313. Group of three (3) terracotta counterfeiter’s molds of Alexandria and Nicomedia mint issues. Group includes the following:

(a) (35mm, 5.66 g). Part of a mold for casting coins, impressed with a coin on both sides; on one side a head of Galerius, on the opposite an Alexandria mint reverse showing Jupiter presenting Victory to emperor.

(b) (32mm, 5.29 g). Part of a mold for casting coins, impressed on each side with an Alexandria mint reverse type: Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; K–S/P//ALE

(c) (30mm, 3.82 g). Part of a mold for casting coins, impressed on one side with a Nicomedia mint reverse type: Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia; SMNB. Cf. CNG E- 416, lot 618 and RIC VI 66c (for other examples). All molds as made, minor chips around edges.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 314 (6 November 2013), lots 482, 484, and 487.