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LOT 3179
Group of Eight [8] BI Roman Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Various emperors. Fine to Good Very Fine.(20.92gr total.). [8]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Augustus AE Quadrans. Circa 15 BC-AD 10.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum(?) mint. IMP CAESAR, laureate head to right / [AVGVSTVS], eagle standing facing, head to left, with wings spread. RIC I 227; RPC I 508. 2.13gr, 18mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck AD 276. 5th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre; Є between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 921; probuscoins.fr 734. 3.61gr, 23mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, two children below. RIC IV 226; BMCRE 1; RSC 525. 2.66gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Lincolnshire, 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?
