LOT 3824
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 320. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two bound captives seated back-to-back at foot of vexillum with banner inscribed VOT XX in two lines; S F across fields; AQS in exergue. RIC VII 50. Near Very Fine.(3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Roman Imperial, Constantine I Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Incuse of uncertain deity standing to right and holding object / Incuse of SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; R-F across fields, R(star)T in exergue. For reverse cf. RIC VII 19 (Nummus of Constantine I, Rome). 4.89gr, 28mm, 11h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII, laureate head to right / VOTA PVBLICA, Severus standing to left, veiled, holding patera over altar to left. RIC 96a; RSC 777; BMCRE 178-180. 2.38gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK.
'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? -
Constantius I BI Nummus. AD 305-306. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera from which liquor flows and cornucopiae; Є in right field; •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC VI 12a. 11.09gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
