LOT 3298
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Tripolis mint. Struck AD 274. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT OR-BIS, female figure standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left and holding sceptre; star in field, •KA in exergue. RIC V.1 389 var.; MER-RIC (temporary) 3228. Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Some delamination to reverse.(3.77gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum mint; struck mid AD 285-1 April 286. 3rd officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; C in left field. RIC V.2 47; Lyon 24. 4.07gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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? -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; Δ in left field, star in right field. RIC V.1 65 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3325 (temporary). 4.65gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
