LOT 3283
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 270-271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 75 (Southern Gallic Mint). Near Very Fine.(3.35gr, 22mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
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Geta as Caesar AE 'Limes Denarius'. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck at the frontiers of the empire, based on an issue minted in Rome under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, AD 200-205. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, young, bareheaded and draped bust to right / PRI-NC IV-VENTVTIS, Geta, in military dress, standing to left, holding baton and sceptre; trophy to right. For prototype: RIC IV 18 var. (branch instead of baton); RSC 157b. 2.56gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired from the vendor's grandfather in the 1990s. Property of an Essex collector.
'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? -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Constantinople mint; struck AD 327-328. 3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, soldier standing to left, head to right, holding spear and resting hand upon shield set on ground to right; Γ in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 22. 3.73gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. 12th officina. [IMP C M AVR CL QVI]NTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETIT[IA AVG], Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor set on globe; XII in right field. Cf. RIC V.1 22; cf. MER-RIC 1202 (temporary). 2.64gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
