LOT 3618
Septimius Severus 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
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. Near Very Fine.(2.38gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
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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Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 120-121. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, laureate and draped bust to right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; S C across field. RIC II.3 435; Cohen 974; BMCRE 1196. 25.89gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Nice cypress-green patina. Very rare.
Acquired from DRG Coins & Antiquities, May 2017. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa late AD 268-late AD 269. Antiochia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC V 213; RIC V online 1022; Cohen 136. 3.10gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Twenty [20] Gallienus AE Antoniniani Coins. 253-268 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £183
Group comprising: various issues and reverse types. 61.15gr total, 18-23mm.
Good Fine-Very Fine.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman.
