LOT 3174
Geta as Caesar AE 'Limes Denarius'. AD 198-209.
Struck at the frontiers of the empire, based on an issue minted in Rome under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, AD 200-205. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, young, bareheaded and draped bust to right / PRI-NC IV-VENTVTIS, Geta, in military dress, standing to left, holding baton and sceptre; trophy to right. For prototype: RIC IV 18 var. (branch instead of baton); RSC 157b. Good Very Fine.(2.56gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from the vendor's grandfather in the 1990s.
Property of an Essex collector.
'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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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 317. 2nd officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, prince standing to right, holding spear and globe, F T across fields, BTR in exergue. RIC VII 142. 2.66gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Twelve [12] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various emperors. 82gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head to right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus in right hand and transverse sceptre in left. RIC II 7; BMCRE 17; RSC 106; BN 10. 3.04gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
