LOT 4072
Augustus AE Dupondius. Circa 25 BC. Pergamum or Ephesos mint.
AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Large C A within laurel wreath with prows framed by double-pelleted border. RIC 501 (Pergamum); RPC 2234; C. Howgego, Coinage and Military Finance: the Imperial Bronze Coinage of the Augustan East, NC 1982, Class 2b. Extremely Fine.(14.11gr, 27mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics.
Acquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 4072
Augustus AE Dupondius.
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,400 (EUR 1,624; USD 1,890) +BP*
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Gratian BI Nummus. AD 378-383. Heraclea mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and reversed spear; I in left field, branch in right field, SMHA in exergue. RIC IX 14a. 1.98gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding wand over globe and cornucopia. RIC IV 13; BMCRE 86-88; RSC 77a. 2.79gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus 'Limes Denarius'. AD 205. Rome mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIII COS III P P, Jupiter, nude but for cloak, standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and sceptre in his left; at his feet to left, eagle. For prototype: RIC 196; BMC 471; Cohen 469. 2.59gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
'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?
