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LOT 3212
Group of Five [5] Roman AE Coins. 1st-2nd century AD.
Various emperors. Fair to Fine.(102gr total.). [5]
ProvenanceFrom the Fell Mill site, Shipston-on-Stour, UK.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 5th officina. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES M[ILITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding vexillum with right hand sceptre with left; Є in right field. RIC V.1 18; MER-RIC 1152 (temporary). 3.16gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, two children below. RIC IV 226; BMCRE 1; RSC 525. 2.66gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
'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? -
Arcadius AE 12mm. AD 383-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, head to right, carrying trophy over right shoulder and dragging captive behind her; staurogram in left field, uncertain mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 65c (Thessalonica). 1.27gr, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
