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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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 315-316. 2nd officina. IMP LIC • LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; eagle at feet with wreath to left, B in right field, •SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 17. 4.05gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
Rome mint; struck AD 235-236. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.25gr, 21mm, 6h.
Fleur De Coin. Beautiful deep old cabinet tone.
Ex Beaussant Lefevre, 16 March 2011, no.75. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 274. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding anchor. RIC V.2 126. 3.08gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
