LOT 4142
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck mid-late AD 263. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax advancing to left, holding olive branch in right hand and long sceptre in left. RIC V.4 217; AGK (corr.) 51; Cunetio 2405; Elmer 333. Very Fine.(2.56gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4142
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus.
Estimate £15 - 20€17 - 23 (for guidance only)$20 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CARAVSIVS [P F?] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / PAX [A]VG, Pax standing to left, holding wreath and sceptre. Cf. RIC 127 (letters in fields and in exergue). 2.56gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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? -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. Struck November AD 270-March AD 272. Antiochia mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus, diademed and laureate, to right, seen from rear / IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Δ to right. RIC 381 corr.; cf. RIC V Online 3106.37; Bland, Coinage 7; CBN 1246-7. 3.77gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
