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Ancient & Hammered Coins
1031
Aethelred II silver penny, First Hand Type, Spink 1144,
obverse reads:- +AEDELRAED REX ANGLOX [both
'AE's and 'NG' ligulated, first 'D' with thorn], reverse
reads:- +PALTFERD M-O GIP ['D' with thorn] Ipswich
Mint, moneyer Waltferth, Sadler dies 6/3 this the third
specimen recorded and post his Volume I but see p.64,
Figs. 110 and 111, found Hannington, Hants, a little
double-struck on beginning of obverse legend, very rare,
VF
£650 - £750
1032
Aethelred II silver penny, First Hand Type, Spink 1144,
obverse reads:- +AEDELRED REX ANGLOX ['AE'
ligulate, 'X' tied by crescent to 'O'] +COL.GRIM M-O
EFERPIC, York Mint, moneyer Colgrim, full, round,
well centred, very small piece missing from edge to
halfway into legend, this at obverse 4 o'clock, dark toned,
lightly crinkled, GF
£150 - £180
1033
Aethelred II, silver penny, CRUX Type, Spink 1148,
reverse reads:- +LEOFSTAN M-O LVN London Mint,
moneyer Leofstan, full, round, well centred VF/NVF
£300 - £350
1034
Aethelred II, silver penny, Long Cross Type, Spink 1151,
reverse reads:- +OSGVT M-O LINC ['NC' ligulate 'O'
with pellet centres, 'M-O' with centre crescent] Lincoln
Mint, moneyer Osgut, lightly crinkled and peck marked,
full, round and well centred, NVF
£275 - £325
1035
Ancient British, Celtic billon stater of the Durotriges,
uninscribed issue, Spink 367, F together with a copper
styca of Northumbria of Aethelred II [First Reign 841-
844], obverse reads:- +EDILRED REX around central
cross with a pellet in each angle, reverse reads:-
+[F]ORDRED around plain cross, Spink 865, F [2]
£40 - £50
1036
Ancient Bronze Coins (mostly roman) and Detector
Finds: 9 coins and 9 finds.
£30 - £40
1037
Ancient Egypt, bronze of 33mm., of Ptolemy V,
Epiphanes, 204-180 B.C., Sear 7879, obverse:- Head of
Cleopatra I as Isis, right with dropped curls and
wreathed with corn, reverse:- Eagle standing left, on
thunderbolt, wings open, full, round, obverse struck a
little low, cracks, GF/F
£20 - £25
1038
Ancient Greek silver twelth stater wt. 1.2g., of Asia
Minor, Miletos, obverse:- Forepart of lion, reverse:-
Incuse square enclosing 'star' ornament, Sear 3532, very
well centred, VF
£50 - £60
1039
Ancient Greek, Carthaginians in Italy, Italian Peninsula,
uncertain mint, bronze of c.29mm., wt 13.8g., obverse:-
Kore, head right, reverse:- Horse standing right on
groundline, sun disc and uraeus above, rare and we could
only trace one other specimen, SGN Copenhagen Sicily
1017, sold with a ticket by Dr. Vezin, from an old
collection, F
£60 - £80
1040
Ancient Greek, Sicily, Third Republic, bronze of
c.17mm., wt. 17.9g., 345-317 B.C., obverse:- Head of
Zeus Eleutherios, laureate, left, reverse:- Horse galloping
left, NF
£35 - £45
1041
Ancient Uzbekistan: Bukharkhudat (6th-8th Century
AD): Silver Drachm, 2.95g, based on a Sassanian coin of
Varahran V, slightly distorted Sogdian legend "King of
Kings of Bukhara" before bust, remnant of Pahlavi
legend behind (Walker XXVIII, b8; A M93). Slight
porosity, aEF, Ex Baldwin Hong Kong Coin Auction
#53 23/8/2012 lot 656 (description acknowledged)
£75 - £95
1042
Ancients including 10 x Roman [one silver], 12 and a
cut-half, English hammered [one holed], plus 7 x late
Roman bronze minors, various grades [29]
£80 - £100
1043
Anglo-Gallic silver denier of Edward I [1272-1307], First
Type, wt.0.87g., full, round, well centred, very small edge
'wave', VF
£30 - £40
1044
Anglo-Saxon silver sceat of Aethelred I, Second Reign
[789-796], obverse reads:- EDLRED REX around
central cross with pellet in each quarter, reverse reads:-
+TIDVVL, moneyer Tidwulf, around inner circle with
spaced pellets, enclosing a plain cross, Spink 856, a very
nice example, GVF
£300 - £340
