LOT 2980
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268. In the name of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; [T?] in exergue. RIC V.2 388; Cohen 441. Good Very Fine.(2.45gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing facing, head to left, holding branch in his right hand and inverted spear in his left; behind, shield set on ground; II in exergue. RIC V.2 42; Cohen 365. 4.17gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 323-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory, holding trophy and palm, advancing to right towards captive seated on ground to right, looking to left; PTR(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 435 corr. (palm). 2.81gr, 19mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Julia Domna 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Uncertain mint. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing facing, head to left, holding incense box and sprinkling incense over lighted and garlanded altar to left. For prototype: RIC IV 572 (Severus); BMCRE 62; RSC 150. 2.56gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Traces of silver wash on both sides.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
'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?
