LOT 3148
Augustus AV Aureus. 27 BC-AD 14.
Lugdunum mint; struck 2 BC-AD 4. [CAESA]R AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER [PATRIAE], laureate head to right / AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar standing facing, each togate and resting hand on shield; spear behind each shield, lituus and simpulum above, [C L] CAESARES in exergue. RIC I 206; BMCRE 513-18; Calicó 176; Lyon 81; BN 1648. Near Fine.(7.76gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 244-246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, prince standing to left, holding globe and spear; captive at foot. RIC IV 219; RSC 57. 4.09gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Constantius II, as Caesar AV Solidus. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,770
Ticinum mint; struck AD 324-325. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI I-V-VENTVTIS, prince standing facing, head to right, holding legionary standard surmounted by eagle with right hand and sceptre with left; in field to right, another standard surmounted by hand; SMT in exergue. RIC VII 181; Cahn 71, 1847; Basel xvii, 612. 4.38gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Geta as Caesar AE 'Limes Denarius'. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck at the frontiers of the empire, based on an issue minted in Rome under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, AD 200-205. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, young, bareheaded and draped bust to right / PRI-NC IV-VENTVTIS, Geta, in military dress, standing to left, holding baton and sceptre; trophy to right. For prototype: RIC IV 18 var. (branch instead of baton); RSC 157b. 2.56gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired from the vendor's grandfather in the 1990s. Property of an Essex collector.
'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?
