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LOT 4229
Group of Twenty-Two [22] Ancient Roman, Greek, Byzantine and Other Ancient Bronze Coins. 3rd century BC-4th century AD.
Comprising: various rulers, denominations, and reverse types. As shown.(67gr total, 13-26 mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4229
Group of Twenty-Two [22] Ancient Roman, Greek, Byzantine and Other Ancient Bronze Coins.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 261. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC DEVSONIENSI, Hercules standing facing, head to right, leaning on club and holding bow and lion's skin. RIC V.2 64 (Lugdunum); RSC-91a. 2.75gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Marcian AE 10mm. AD 450-457. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Monogram of Marcian within wreath, mint mark below. Cf. RIC X 541-542, 553, 558, 560. 1.24gr, 10mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus 'Limes Denarius'. AD 205. Rome mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIII COS III P P, Jupiter, nude but for cloak, standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and sceptre in his left; at his feet to left, eagle. For prototype: RIC 196; BMC 471; Cohen 469. 2.59gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
'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?
