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Ancient & Hammered Coins
1564
Aethelred II silver penny, Crux Type, Spink 1148,
obverse reads:- +AEDELRAED REX ANGLOX [first
'D' with thorn, both 'AE's and 'NG' ligulate], reverse
reads:- +LEOFSIGE M-O GIPES, Ipswich Mint,
moneyer Leofsige, Sadler Vol. I, Dies 1/2, post his
corpus, fourth known this die combination, light
peckmarks and found North Germany, flan full but
slightly crinkled, light scuff on face, rare, VF
£350 - £400
1565
Aethelred II silver penny, Last Small Cross Type, Spink
1154, obverse reads:- +EDELRED REX ANGLO:,
reverse reads:- +DORSTAN M-O EOFR. ['D' has
thorn], York Mint, moneyer Thorstan, full, round, well
centred, peckmarked [mostly on the reverse], hairline
crack around inner circle, below reverse initial cross,
lightly crinkled, nice portrait, VF/F
£125 - £175
1566
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
£250 - £300
1567
Aethelstan King of East Anglia c.825-c.840, silver penny,
Alpha/Omega issue under Spink 950, with no moneyers
name but the full titles of the King continued on the
reverse, obverse reads:- +ED[GLS]TA.N ['A' chevron
barred, last upright on 'N' detatched, wedge between 'A'
and 'N', 'S' normally facedown], reverse reads:-
+R[EX]A.N:G [last upright of 'N' detached with wedge
between, 'G' with extended top bar and wedge at end, 'A'
with normal bar], see Naismith E32a to E32dd, present
piece with inner circles, dies seem unrecorded, large
fragment, clear, VF
£150 - £180
1568
Aethelstan silver penny fragment, over farthing size,
obverse:- Small central cross, reverse:- Moneyer's name
in two lines, crosses between, Spink 1089, VF
£40 - £60
1569
Ancient British Iceni 'Freckenham' type gold stater,
S.426, 5.4g, nVF
£250 - £300
1570
Ancient British, Celtic silver unit of the Catuvellauni by
Epaticcus son of Tasciovanus, brother of Cunobelin,
obverse:- Head of Hercules, reverse:- Eagle standing on
snake, annulet enclosing pellet above, Spink 356,
reverse:- struck slightly low, nice portrait GVF/VF
£100 - £120
1571
Ancient China, cash of the Western Han Dynasty, Period
179-141 B.C., one wtih rim and one slightly magnetic,
with old tickets, Fair to F [4]
£35 - £40
1572
Ancient Coins, Greek, Celtic, Roman Republican,
Roman Imperial, Roman Colonial and Islamic, one
chipped, one holed, couple forgeries, interesting lot in
silver and bronze, Fair to GF [33]
£50 - £80
1573
Ancient Greek bronzes of Paestum, Petelia, Syracuse and
Egypt, Sear 631, 638, 1199 and 7901, various grades [4]
£30 - £40
1574
Ancient Greek silver drachm, wt. 2.8g. of the Black Sea
Area, Apollonia Pontika, c.400 B.C., obverse:- Anchor,
crayfish to left, 'A' to right, reverse:- Gorgoneion, Sear
1655, VF
£40 - £50
1575
Ancient Greek silver stater of Lucania, Metapontion,
400-350 B.C., obverse:- Head of Demeter left, wearing
olive wreath, reverse:- Ear of Corn META to the right,
leaf and hayfork to the left, Sear 407, VF
£300 - £350
1576
Ancient Greek, silver tetrdrachm of Thasos, struck after
148 B.C., obverse:- Head of Dionysos, reverse:- Herakles,
Sear 1759, F
£60 - £70
1577
Ancient Greek, The Macedonian Kingdon, silver
tetradrachm of Aleander III the Great, obverse:- Head of
Young Herakles right, dressed in lion's skin, reverse:-
Zeus seated, legs parallel, on throne with back, of light
construction, and turned supports, holding long sceptre
and eagle, in field before a bow and quiver?, below
groundline of beaded form, Sear pp.622-623, very light
graffiti each side, slightly double-struck on portrait, NVF
£100 - £125
1578
Ancient Indian bronzes of Kushans 1st.-2nd. century
A.D. of Soter Megas, Wima Kadphises, Kanishka and
Huvishka, various grades [7]
£30 - £40
1579
Ancient silver pieces, 25 x Roman denarii, plus a single
Ancient Greek piece, noted:- L.Marcius Philippus c.56
B.C., reverse, Aqueduct Marcia, Sear 382, T.Carisius c.
46 B.C., reverse, Coining implements, Domitian as
Caesar under Vespasian, reverse, Pegasus, Sear 2637,
several contemporary plated pieces including Mark
Antony and Octavian, 41 B.C., Sear 1504, and a forgery
of Gordian II, Fair to NVF [26]
£100 - £120
1580
Antoninus Pius as, Rome Mint 148-149 A.D., reverse:-
Elephant walking right on groundline, Sear 4308, a clear
example GF
£80 - £100
1581
Antoninus Pius copper as, Rome and or British Mint,
154-155 A.D., reverse reads:- BRITANNIA COS III, in
exergue S C, Britannia seated left on rocks, dejected,
right arm resting on right leg, hand supporting head,
shield and vexillum, before in background, Sear 4296,
overall light roughness but clear, legends visible, GF/F
£40 - £50
1582
Antoninus Pius sestertius, Rome Mint 145 A.D., reverse
reads:- LIBERALITAS AVG IIII in exergue COS IIII
above, S C in left and right field, Antoninus seated left on
curule chair, placed on platform, behind a standing
officer holding spear, in front and facing front,
Liberalitas, holding accounting board and cornucopiae,
below left a citizen facing platform, holding out fold of
toga, Sear 4187, see also RIC III, 774, a clear example of
this scarce type, VF/GF
£160 - £180
