LOT 4070
Augustus AR Denarius. Struck 2 BC-AD 4. Lugdunum mint.
[CAESAR AVGVSTVS] DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head to right / AVGVSTI F COS [DESIG PRINC IVVENT, C L] CAESARES • below, Gaius and Lucius standing facing, each with hand resting on round shield and holding spear; in upper field simpulum and lituus (in "b9" formation). RIC 207; BMCRE 533; RSC 43. Near Very Fine.(3.21gr, 19mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom UK private collection.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 4070
Augustus AR Denarius.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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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? -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 79. Rome mint. 'Judaea capta' series.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / TR POT X COS VIIII, Victory advancing to left, placing shield on trophy, Judaean captive seated left at foot of trophy. RIC II.12, 1068; BMCRE 246; Cohen 552. 2.85gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Visigoths. Pseudo-Imperial AV Solidus. Circa AD 461-470. Imitation of a mint in Gaul. In the name of Libius Severus.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
D N BIS SEVER-VS P F ΛVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust το / VICTORI-Λ ΛVGGG (retrograde), emperor standing facing, long cross in left hand, stylized rendering of Victory on globe in right, left foot on man-headed serpent; R-A (retrograde) across fields, [...]OB (retrograde) in exergue. Cf. RIC X 3754. 4.48gr, 24mm including loop, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Possibly contemporary suspension loop attached.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
