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LOT 3216
Group of One Hundred and Fifteen [115] Ancient AE Coins. 1st-6th century AD.
Various emperors. Fine to Very Fine.(225gr total.). [115]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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LOT 3216
Group of One Hundred and Fifteen [115] Ancient AE Coins.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 324-325. 2nd officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SPES REIP-VBLICAE, empress standing facing, head to left, holding two infants in arms; SMNB in exergue. RIC VII 96. 2.75gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Salonina, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 257-258. 4th officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated to left, raising veil with right hand and holding transverse sceptre with left; Q in exergue. RIC V.1 25 (Gallienus); RSC 94a. 4.04gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London collection, 1990s. -
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?
