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LOT 3607
Group of Three [3] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. Time of the Severans, AD 193-218.
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 202-210. Rome mint. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / VOTA SVSCEPTA XX, Severus veiled, standing to left, sacrificing out of patera over altar. RIC 308; Cohen 791.
Julia Domna Augusta AR Denarius. AD 196-211. Rome mint. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / PIETAS PVBLICA, Pietas standing facing, head to left, at altar, raising both hands. RIC IV 574 (Severus); BMCRE 69 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 156.
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 201-210. Rome mint. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left with rudder and cornucopia. RIC 264a; RSC 181; BMC 327. Condition as seen.(11.62gr total.).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 197-198. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing to left, foot on cuirass(?), holding branch and inverted spear. Cf. RIC 113. 2.75gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 183. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate head to right / [TR P VIII] IMP VI COS IIII P P, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC 372; BMCRE 514 note. 24.30gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lodge Antiquities, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 154-155. Rome mint (or mint in Britain?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head to right / BRITANNIA COS IIII, Britannia seated to left on rock, resting head on right hand, and resting left hand on rock, round shield and vexillum in background; S C in exergue. RIC III 934; Cohen 117; BMCRE 1971. 12.71gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
It has been suggested that the Britannia asses of Antoninus Pius were struck at a mint in the province as significant quantities have been found on Romano-British sites, such as Coventina's Well at Carrawburgh Fort on Hadrian's Wall. However, the enterprise of creating a mint is enormous and out of proportion for such a small issue, the product of quintessentially Roman style die engraving. It is therefore far more likely that this issue was produced in Rome and shipped to Britannia in bulk for distribution.
