LOT 2903
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Rome mint; struck AD 228. IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P VII COS II P P, emperor as Romulus, advancing to right, holding transverse spear with right hand and trophy with left. RIC IV 85; BMCRE 507-510; RSC 351. Near Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 1h.(2.90gr, 19mm, 7h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Carthage mint; struck AD 299-303. 1st officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS AVG TA (sic) KART, Carthage standing facing, head to left, holding fruit in both hands; A in exergue. RIC VI 31a. 8.41gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very interesting engraver's error on reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Serdica mint; struck AD 274. 3rd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / SOLI INVICTO, Sol walking to left between two captives, extending arm and holding globe; XXIT in exergue. RIC V 311 var.; MER-RIC 2715 (temporary). 3.26gr, 23mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 87. [IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII] CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / [VIRTVTI] AVGVSTI, Virtus standing to right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC II.1 550; BMCRE 404. 10.04gr, 28mm, 6h.
Fine. Edges having been tapped to create raised rims.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Proto-contorniate is the modern term used to describe Roman Imperial and Provincial bronze coins of the first, second, and early third centuries with hammered-up edges. These raised edges on the rims probably occurred after these bronze issues no longer circulated and ceased to be part of the currency in general use. A common assumption is that proto-contorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi in Die Kontorniaten (Budapest, 1943) believed proto-contorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that proto-contorniates were New Year's gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being.
