LOT 3110
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 3rd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; ΓSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 161. Extremely Fine. Somer original silvering remaining.(2.45gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection.
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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? -
Caligula AE As. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera with her right hand and sceptre with her left; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. 9.12gr, 29mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 295. 3rd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; Γ in left field, ✶SIS in exergue. RIC VI 85a. 8.98gr, 27mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
