LOT 3702
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Circa mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES • E[QVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and signum; P in exergue. RIC V.2 378 (Postumus). Good Very Fine.(2.14gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Septimius Severus 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head to right / VOTA PVBLICA, Severus standing to left, veiled, holding patera over altar to left. RIC 96a; RSC 777; BMCRE 178-180. 2.38gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK.
'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? -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath to left; •TS•Δ• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 3.83gr, 22mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antiochia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; Є between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. 4.54gr, 21mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
