LOT 2894
Julia Domna 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
Uncertain mint. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing facing, head to left, holding incense box and sprinkling incense over lighted and garlanded altar to left. For prototype: RIC IV 572 (Severus); BMCRE 62; RSC 150. Good Very Fine. Traces of silver wash on both sides.(2.56gr, 20mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
Footnotes'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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Salonina, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 266. 2nd officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / AVG IN PACE, Salonina seated to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; [...]S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 58; cf. MIR 36, 1307; cf. RSC 17. 3.44gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
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Group of Six [6] BI Roman Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 18.88gr total.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
