48
1157
Roman Republican silver denarius of M.Herennius, 108-
107 B.C., obverse:- Diademed head of Pietas right,
PIETAS behind, no control letter below chin, reverse:- A
Catanaean brother, running right, carrying his father on
his shoulders, behind M HERENNI, Sear 185var., good
metal VF
£55 - £75
1158
Roman Republican silver denarius of P.Cornelius Sulla,
151 B.C., Sear 84, probably ex mount as edges worn, VF
and 2 x silver looking antoniniani of different fabric,of
Probus, first reverse:- Clementia, Probus in military
attire, globe surmounted by Victory, Antioch Mint 280-
281, Sear 11961 and ditto but globe plain, crescent in
field, mint officina of KA, Sear - , both at sometime
cleaned but EF [3]
£50 - £60
1159
Scottish Anne silver five shillings, 1705, '5' below bust,
Spink 5702, small flan fault behind bust, very light scuff
reverse, scarce, GF
£180 - £200
1160
Scottish Charles I silver twelve shillings, bust to edge of
flan, 'B' at the end of each legend, Spink 5558, full,
round, well centred, even strike, GF
£280 - £300
1161
Scottish Charles I silver twelve shillings, bust to edge of
flan, 'F' over crown, Spink 5560, full, round, obverse very
slightly off centre, GF/VF
£225 - £250
1162
Scottish Charles II silver sixteenth dollar, 1680, Spink
5624, full, round well centred, rare, NVF
£475 - £525
1163
Scottish David II silver groat of Edinburgh, trefoils in
arcs of tressure, saltire stops, Spink 5092, flan slightly
angular in one area, small scuff in reverse legend, a little
weak before bust but bust itself strong, NVF
£275 - £295
1164
Scottish James IV plack, Roman lettering both sides,
Class IV, Spink 5351, flan irregular but probably as
struck, nice even strike, dark, NVF
£140 - £150
1165
Scottish silver thistle-merk of James VI, Eight Coinage
,1602, Spink 5497, full flan, GVF/VF
£325 - £375
1166
Septimius Severus sestertius, Rome Mint 194A.D.,
reverse reads:- ADVENTVI AVG FELICISSIMO S C
Severus on horseback, pacing right, right hand raised,
soldier holding vexillum, walking right, looking back,
leading horse, scarce, VF/NVF
£250 - £280
1167
Sextus Pompey silver denarius, struck Sicily, 42-40 B.C.,
obverse:- Bare head of Pompey the Great to right, jug
behind, lituus before, reverse:- Neptune standing left,
holding aplustre, right foot on prow, between the
brothers Anapias and Amphinomus each with a parent
on their shoulder, Sear 1392, obverse scuffs, reverse with
'water worn' look, good metal and scarce, F
£180 - £220
1168
Small group of ancients (7) Sesterii x 5 of the early
Imperial period, [one looks a little like Clodius Albinus
but is probably Septimus Severus], all Fair, with a later
piece this of Claudius II, reverse:- Spes, portrait NEF and
lastly a silver sixpence of Charles I, as Spink 2816, NF/F
£40 - £50
1169
Tiberius silver denarius, Lugdunum Mint c.18 A.D.,
reverse:- Livia? seated right, legend:- PONTIF MAXIM,
this the Tribute Penny mentioned in the bible, Sear
1763, both dies slightly off centre of good metal, NVF
£100 - £150
1170
Trajan Decius, tetradrachm of Antioch, Syria, Third
Issue, cf. Prieur 584 but portrait is as 586 and obverse
inscription as 582, officina 5 x dots below bust, overall
very light pits but clear, rare, GF/NVF
£60 - £80
1171
Trajan silver tetradrachm, Tyre Mint, obverse:- Bust of
Trajan, right, club below, below this an eagle standing
right, reverse:- Bust of Melqart, right, GF
£40 - £50
