LOT 3100
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 325-326.
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. Near Extremely Fine.(2.60gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 2nd officina. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / DOMINI • N • LICINI AVG, VOT • XX in two lines within wreath; •AQS• in exergue. RIC VII 86. 2.90gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a private collection, UK. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 8th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / APOLLINI CONS AVG, centaur walking to left, holding globe with right hand and rudder with left; H in exergue. RIC V.1 164 (sole reign); MIR 738b; RSC 73. 3.42gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, 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?
