LOT 2936
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 258-259. GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICT GERMANICA, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy and treading on enemy at foot. RIC V.1 44 (Joint Reign); RSC 1060; MIR 893h. Good Very Fine.(3.49gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 324-325. 2nd officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, empress standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in arms; SMNB in exergue. RIC VII 96. 2.75gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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? -
![Group of Thirty-Five [35] Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/221578-s.jpg)
Group of Thirty-Five [35] Roman Imperial AE Coins. Mainly 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various emperors. All in coin envelopes. 170gr total.
Fair to Very Fine.
Ex E J W collection. From a 1980s UK collection. Property of an London antiquarian.
