LOT 3768
Constantius I BI Nummus. AD 305-306. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera from which liquor flows and cornucopiae; Є in right field; •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC VI 12a. Very Fine.(11.09gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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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? -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; K in left field, S over P in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 103. 5.17gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta Fourrée Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. For prototype cf. RIC IV 55b (Decius). 4.06gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
