LOT 3101
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Treveri mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in her arms; PTR (pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 484. Extremely Fine.(3.03gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rome mint; struck after AD 257. 4th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia standing to left, veiling face and holding sceptre; Q to right. RIC V.1 272 (sole reign); Cohen 893. 3.62gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare reverse type.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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? -
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Group of Twenty-Five [25] Ancient AE Coins. 2nd century BC-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Various types. Mostly with handwritten coin identification tickets. 118gr total.
Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent.
