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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Constantius II, as Caesar AE 18mm. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Antioch mint. Struck under Constantine I, AD 324-325. 4th officina. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / ✷ CONSTANTI•VS CAESAR SMANTΔ • in six lines. RIC VII 60. 2.74gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES PVBLICA, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 272. 2.45gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 272-273.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Local imitation. [...]SV TETRICVS CAE[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 272. 3.29gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
