LOT 3066
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
London mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with six rowers; four waves and QL below. RIC V.2 55; Burnett, Coinage 111. Good Very Fine.(2.49gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Antioch mint; struck AD 266-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 612; Cohen 1245; MIR 1666i. 4.55gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, 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? -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268-269. 3rd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / FELIC TEMPO, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus with right hand and sceptre with left; T in exergue. RIC V.1 145; MER-RIC 35. 2.98gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
