Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History & Coins

LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust to right / IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno, veiled and draped, standing to left, raising right hand and holding infant in left arm. RIC III 771 (Aurelius); BMCRE 313 (Aurelius and Verus); RSC 38. 2.62gr, 18mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS, laureate head to right / TR P VIII • IMP VI COS IIII P P, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding wand over globe in her right hand and large sceptre in left. RIC 65; BMC 112 corr. (bust type); Cohen 905. 2.60gr, 18mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC 164; RSC 538. 2.96gr, 18mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / LAETITIA, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and rudder set on globe in left; S C across fields. RIC III 669; Banti 10; BMC 417; Cohen 27. 21.6gr, 32mm, 5h.

Good Fine.

Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.

CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / IVNO LVCINA, Juno standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 680 (Commodus); Cohen 24; BMCRE 433 (Commodus). 13.85gr, 27mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head to right / MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva, helmeted, standing to left, holding olive branch and shield set on ground; spear leaning against her arm. RIC IV 7 corr. (obv. legend); BMCRE 95 (wars of the succession); RSC 48. 3.34gr, 18mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head to right / VICT AETERN, Victory flying to left, holding wreath over shield set on low base. RIC IV 170; BMCRE 209; RSC 670. 2.70gr, 19mm, 11h.

Very Fine. Rough surfaces.

Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V, laureate head to right / PART ARAB PART [ADIAB], two bound captives seated outward and upon shields; COS II [P P] in exergue. RIC 62. 2.51gr, 18mm, 1h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVII COS III P P, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre: by him; two children standing to left and right. RIC 226; RSC 525; BMCRE 1. 3.12gr, 19mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head to right / VICT AVGG COS II P P, Victory advancing to left, with wreath in right hand and palm in left. RIC IV 120c; BMCRE 260; RSC 294. 3.03gr, 18mm, 7h.

Extremely Fine.

Property of a London, UK, private collector.

L SEPT SEV PER[T AVG IMP IIII?], laureate head to right / SECVRITAS PVBLICA, Securitas seated to left, holding globe. Cf. RIC IV 56. 3.25gr, 17mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.

L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head to right / VOTA PVBLICA, Severus standing to left, veiled, holding patera over altar to left. RIC 96a; RSC 777; BMCRE 178-180. 2.38gr, 19mm, 1h.

Near Very Fine.

Found Yorkshire, UK.

'Limes Denarii' (misnomer) are more or less faithful bronze copies of silver Denarii, minted on the fringes of the empire out of necessity. Perhaps they may be officially sanctioned issues for use in regions where political unrest made it hazardous to ship large amounts of silver. These low value issues could have served troops on the front and been redeemable for good coinage when they returned to the stable regions. Were they a form of military scrip meant to keep large quantities of precious metal from falling into enemy hands in the event of a defeat?