LOT 3892
Vandals, Imitative AE 12mm. Circa 5th century AD.
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Camp gate with open doorway. For similar, cf. BMC Vandals 73-80 (in the name of Valentinian III); for prototype, cf. RIC X 2161. Near Very Fine.(1.39gr, 12mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman Imperial, Diocletian and Carinus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor, on the left, standing to right, holding short sceptre in his left hand and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, on the right, standing to left, holding long sceptre in his left hand; Γ(?) between, XXI in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch); for reverse cf. RIC V 324 (reverse of Antoninianus of Carinus, Cyzicus). 4.05gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantius I BI Nummus. AD 305-306. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera from which liquor flows and cornucopiae; Є in right field; •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC VI 12a. 11.09gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
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?
