LOT 2866
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Rome mint; struck AD 108-109. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopiae with left. RIC II p. XIV, addenda to p.252; BMCRE 281; Woytek 278b; RSC 85. Very Fine.(3.02gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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![Group of Two [2] AE Issues of Allectus.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/217150-s(1).jpg)
Group of Two [2] AE Issues of Allectus. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A bronze quinarius and antoninianus of Allectus. 5.98gr total, 20-21mm.
Uncleaned 'as found'.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Julia Domna 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Uncertain mint. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing facing, head to left, holding incense box and sprinkling incense over lighted and garlanded altar to left. For prototype: RIC IV 572 (Severus); BMCRE 62; RSC 150. 2.56gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Traces of silver wash on both sides.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
'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? -
![Group of Three [3] Roman AR Denarii.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/224829-s.jpg)
Group of Three [3] Roman AR Denarii. 1st century BC-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various types. 7.41gr total.
Near Very Fine to Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
