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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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Ticinum mint; struck AD 281. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Q in left field, SXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 490; probuscoins.fr 303. 3.81gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Twelve [12] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Various emperors. 130gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck mid-late AD 270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / PIETAS AVG, Pietas standing to left, holding box of perfumes and sacrificing over altar to left. RIC V 57; AGK 18a. 2.64gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
