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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Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Treveri mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, holding two infants in her arms; STR (pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 483. 2.58gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Rome mint; struck AD 119-circa mid 120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust to right, slight drapery over far shoulder / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus standing to left, her right foot on globe, holding patera and rudder; S C across fields. RIC II.3 276; RIC II 604a. 13.38gr, 26mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From UK private collection. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 2nd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT • V in three lines; •AQS• in exergue. RIC VII 87. 3.24gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
From a private, UK, collection.
