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1196
Antoninus Pius silver antoninianus struck under Trajan
Decius in the Imperial Divi Series, Rome Mint 250-251
A.D., obverse:- Radiate bust of Antoninus Pius right,
legend:- DIVO PIO, reverse:- Altar with panelled doors,
this die exhibiting central fire and horns each side on
altar top, Sear 9475var., with old ticket, large flan of
good metal for the period, GVF/NVF
£60 - £90
1197
Augustus and Agrippa, dupondius, struck Nemausus 29
B.C., obverse:- Heads of Agrippa and Augustus back to
back, reverse:- Crocodile right, chained to a central palm
tree, Sear 1728, round, well centred, reverse sharply
struck for this issue, VF
£220 - £240
1198
Augustus silver denarius of 19-18 B.C., reverse:- Comet
of eight rays and the legend DIVVS IVLIVS across field,
this being historically an interesting issue as a comet
appeared in the sky shortly after Julius Caesars
assassination, the citizens believing this his ascension to
heaven, RSC I, 98, of good metal, scarce, GVF
£450 - £480
1199
Augustus silver denarius, Lugdunum Mint 2 B.C. - 4
A.D., reverse reads:- C L CAESARES AVGVSTI F
COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius
Caesars standing facing, resting on round shields, spears
behind plus simpulum and lituus, Sear 1597, with nice
pen and ink ticket, reverse slightly off centre, good metal,
VF/GVF
£200 - £240
1200
Caracalla, tetradrachm, Syro-Phoenician, Mint of Akko
Ptolemais, Diosuri Issue, Prieur 1222, tone a little
uneven, VF/GVF
£40 - £50
1201
Carausius bronze antoninianus, wt.3.1g., diam. 22.81,
found Somerset 5.9.2013 and thought presently to be
unique, obverse:- Radiate and draped, bust right
[possibly cuirassed], legend:- IMP CARAVSIVS [P F
AVG?], reverse:- Bull walking right on groundline, below
CAR AVG, outer legend LEG I I? [ ], the piece is
recorded on the dater base as Unique ID: BUC-2BEF34,
a copy of which is sold with the coin, originally a large
flan the edges are lightly chipped, both dies slightly off
centre, worn, F
£150 - £250
1202
Charles I silver groat, Oxford Mint 1642-1646, mm.
floriated cross/ - , obverse:- Oxford bust, plume before,
IIII behind, reverse:- Legend in three lines, three
Shrewsbury plumes above, 1644 below, Spink 2985, full
but slightly mis-shapen flan, holed at centre by hand cut
nail [diamond shaped piercing], a good space filler of a
rare type, portrait clear, GF
£50 - £60
1203
Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1642] mm. Triangle within circle [1641-1643],
Group IV, Type 4, Spink 2779, usual angled flan,
deliberate, light griffiti scratch across obverse, GF with a
ditto but struck Under Parliament [1642-1649] mm. R
within brackets [1644-1645], Group III, Type 3a3, Spink
2778 again angular flan, obverse long ago tooled, NF/F
[2]
£100 - £120
1204
Charles I silver shillings all with inner circles and mm's.
Portcullis, Triangle and Star, first:- full round flan,
Fair/NVF, second:- slightly angular flan, Fair/VF and
lastly third:- angular flan, looks to have been cleaned at
sometime, F/NF [3]
£50 - £60
1205
Charles I silver shillings all with inner circles and mm's.
Portcullis, Triangle and Triangle within circle, first:-
small flan, some portrait detail, F/GF, second:- large but
slightly irregular flan, F/GF, third:- ditto GF [3]
£50 - £60
1206
Charles I silver shillings, all with inner circles, mm's.
Triangle, Star, Triangle within circle, Sun and ?, all with
slightly angular flans, F to NVF [5]
£60 - £80
1207
Charles I silver shillings, all with no inner circles, Spink
2791, all with full but irregular flans, obverses F, reverses
NVF to VF [3]
£50 - £60
1208
Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under Parliament
1643-1648, mm. not clear but probably from Series G,
seventh bust, type 4/5, Spink 2802, double struck on
XII, GF
£30 - £40
1209
Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under Parliament
[1642-1649], mm. [P] [1643-1644], Spink 2800, large
but slightly ragged flan, F
£20 - £30
1210
Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1642] mm. plume [1630-1631], Group C, Third
Bust, Type 2a, reverse:- Oval garnished shield with CR
above, Spink 2787, full, round, well centred, has in the
past been bent as a love token, portrait gone, rest of coin
GF
£20 - £30
1211
Charles I silver sixpence, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1642] mm. possibly triangle over bell / triangle,
Group E, Fifth Bust 'Aberystwyth' with single arched
crown Type 4.2, Spink 2816, reads:- MAG BR FR ET
HI, see BNJ XV, p.99, No.8 'very rare reading', with old
ticket which states Ex. Middleham Hoard, F/GF
£20 - £30
1212
Coin album of mostly late Roman Imperial bronzes the
majority of which have their old tickets, the collection
also includes a few colonial and base silver issues, c150
pieces Fair to NVF
£150 - £250
1213
Commodus bronze of 27mm. of Marcianopolis, legate
Caccilius Maternus, obverse:- Bare headed bust right,
cuirassed with helmeted bust of Athena on breast plate,
reverse:- Zeus nude, standing left, holding thunderbolt
and forked sceptre, eagle at feet, with two old tickets,
possibly unpublished, slightly rough surfaces, rare GF
£50 - £60
1214
Commodus sesterius, Rome Mint 185A.D., reverse
reads:- P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P SC in
exergue VICT BRIT, Victory on pile of shields, another
shield set on left knee which she is about to inscribe, Sear
5826, nice untouched piece with silghtly rough surfaces
and infill but VICT BRIT in full, GF
£180 - £200
1215
Continental silver imitation of an English silver penny of
Brabant, John I / II 1261-1312, obverse reads:- +I DVX
LIMBVRGIE, reverse reads:- DVX BRA BAN TIE [the
'N' reversed], full, round, impression of reverse cross
visible on the obverse, GF
£70 - £80
1216
Divvs Antoninus Pius, silver denarius, struck in his
honour by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, Rome
Mint 162 A.D., obverse reads:- DIVVS ANTONINVS,
reverse reads:- DIVO PIO, Altar-enclosure, with double
panelled door, a horn at each corner, Sear 5196, with old
ticket, both dies off centre, VF
£35 - £45
