LOT 3725
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck November-December AD 275. Lugdunum mint.
IMP C CL TACITVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 14; Bastien 26; CBN 1403-5. Near Extremely Fine.(4.23gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left, holding Victory with right hand, sceptre with left; shield below. RIC 44b. 4.20gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 246. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748. -
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?
