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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Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising bronze Ases of Agrippa (63-12 BC), Caligula (AD 37-41), Nero (AD 54-68 ) and Dupondius of Divus Augustus (struck under Tiberius). 35.77gr total, 26-28mm.
Fine to Near Very Fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Caligula AE As. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera with her right hand and sceptre with her left; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. 9.12gr, 29mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 190. M COMM ANT P F-EL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI, Commodus seated to left on curule chair, holding branch with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC III 212; RSC 555 bis; BMCRE 281. 3.19gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned with gold iridescence around devices.
Ex West Country, UK, collection.
