LOT 3883
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320-321. London mint. 1st officina.
CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 229; C&T 9.03.014. Near Very Fine.(3.42gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antiochia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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; A• between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2, 920. 4.96gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 320. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XX in two lines within wreath; TSΓVI below. RIC VII 101. 3.77gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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?
