LOT 2888
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 177-192.
Rome mint; struck AD 184-185. M COMMODVS ANTON [AVG PIVS BRIT], laureate head to right / [P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P?], Victory seated to right on shields, holding palm branch and inscribing shield set on lap; [S C] across lower fields, [VICT BRIT] in exergue. Cf. RIC III 452; cf. Cohen 946; cf. BMCRE 560. Fine.(18.51gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Septimius Severus 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, two children below. RIC IV 226; BMCRE 1; RSC 525. 2.66gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Lincolnshire, 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? -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; ΓSIS(star) below. RIC VII 163. 3.02gr, 19mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From a private collection, UK. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / SOLI CONS AVG, Pegasus springing to right; A below. RIC V.1 283 (sole reign); MIR 712b; RSC 979. 3.19gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
