LOT 2907
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Rome mint. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor on horse to left, holding sceptre. RIC IV 11b; RSC 4. Extremely Fine.(4.41gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Septimius Severus 'Limes Denarius'. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS III P P, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, two children below. RIC IV 226; BMCRE 1; RSC 525. 2.66gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Lincolnshire, 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? -
Valerian I AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 254-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELIC-ITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 87; MIR 73c; RSC 53. 2.64gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st century BC-1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising bronze Ases of Agrippa (63-12 BC), Caligula (AD 37-41), Nero (AD 54-68 ) and Dupondius of Divus Augustus (struck under Tiberius). 35.77gr total, 26-28mm.
Fine to Near Very Fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector.
