65
1583
Arab-Sasanian silver drachm, Basra Mint of Ubaidallah
Ibn Ziyad of AH 57 = 677 A.D., obverse:- Bust right,
wearing winged crown, reverse:- Altar with an attendant
each side, light reverse stains, large flan, nice even strike
EF
£75 - £95
1584
Arabic Sassanian, imitation of an imitation of silver
dirhem of Khusru II, 580-627 A.D., a small 'hoard' of 20
pieces, sold with a ticket by Dr.Vezin, an interesting lot
worthy of more study, average F and a little better [20]
£125 - £175
1585
Augustus and Agrippa dupondius, Mint of Nemausus
c.28 B.C., obverse:- Heads of Augustus and Agrippa back
to back, reverse:- Crocodile chained to palm, Sear 1728,
well centred, F
£100 - £125
1586
Augustus silver denarius, Lugdunum Mint, 2 B.C.- 4
A.D., reverse:- Gaius and Lucius Caesars, facing, resting
on round shields, spears and sacrificial implements
between, Sear 1597, NF/F with a silver denarius of
Otho, Rome Mint, January - March 69 A.D., reverse:-
Securitas, Sear 2162/2163, with old ticket, rare, Fair [2]
£40 - £50
1587
Aurelian billon antoninianus, Ticihum Mint, 247 A.D.,
reverse:- Sol advancing left between two captives, Sear
11610, just a hint of silver wash, dark even tone, EF
£35 - £45
1588
Bosporous, King Ininthimeus, c. 235-239 A.D., AE 21,
obverse:- Bust of the King right, facing bust of Aphrodite,
left, G.I.C. 5494 variety, unusually nice for the issue and
much better than Lindgren & Kovacs 74, NVF
£40 - £50
1589
Bracelet of 5 x hammered English silver coins, all with
light mount damage and linked with silver looking chain
of Edward I penny possibly Class 3f, Edward IV, First
Reign Groat of London, mm.Sun, Spink 2000, a milled
Elizabeth I sixpence, 1567, Spink 2599, a Charles I
shilling mm.Triangle within Circle, Spink 2799 and lastly
a ditto but a sixpence by Nicholas Briot, Second Issue,
mm. Anchor and Mullet/Anchor, Spink 2860, holed, F
and a little better [5]
£100 - £150
1590
Byzantine follis or 40 nummi of Maurice Tiberius, 582-
602 A.D., Constantinople Mint of year 6, see Sear
pp.118-119, with old ticket, GF/VF
£40 - £45
1591
Byzantine gold semissis of Phocas, Constantinople Mint,
variety reading 'PER' for ''PERP', reverse:- Victory
advancing right, holding cross on globe and laurel
wreath, Sear 631, test cut at obverse 8 o'clock, lightly
crinkled, lightly scuffed, F
£70 - £80
1592
Caracalla silver denarius, Rome Mint 200 A.D., reverse:-
PONTIF TRP III, Caracalla standing facing, Sear 6557,
nice boyish bust NEF/GVF
£40 - £50
1593
Caracalla silver denarius, Rome Mint 213 A.D., reverse:-
P M TR P XVI COS IIII P P, Serapis standing facing,
Sear 6829, EF
£45 - £55
1594
Carausius antoninianus, obverse:- IMP CARAVSIVS P
F AVG the head of Carausius is very small and neat and
is placed on a pyramid like neck and shoulders, radiate,
draped and cuirassed, reverse:- [FIDES MIL]ITVM,
Fides standing front, head left, holding military standard
in each hand in exergue XII, London? reverse slightly off
centre, slightly irregular flan, dark even tone, legends
weak F, centres VF
£50 - £70
1595
Celtic Gallic import?, Senones, Champagne 'wild man'
potin, Delesrel & Tache, 2645, very rare in this grade, no
corrosion, even colour, EF
£40 - £50
1596
Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1642], mm. bell [1634-1635], Group III, Third
Horseman, Type 3a1, scarf flying from waist, Spink
2773, full, round, well centred and an even strike, VF
£100 - £160
1597
Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1642] mm. triangle [1639-1640], small 'Briot's'
Bust, with stellate lace collar and single arched crown,
Sharp F6/2, Spink 2798b, Type 4.1 variety, Brooker 537
[possibly same dies], Ex. Bedale Hoard 2009, small
thickish flan, very rare bust, GF
£100 - £150
1598
Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1642], mm. Potcullis [1633-1634], Group D,
fourth bust, Sharp D5, Brooker 484, [but has inner circle
reverse] Type 3.1, Spink 2789, Ex. Ryhall Hoard 1987,
lower portions of the obverse exhibit curious metal flaws,
which show no evidence on reverse, therefore it is
possible these are pre-striking, full and central, even
stiking, much portrait visible, very rare bust, GF/NVF
£80 - £120
1599
Charles I silver sixpence, Nicholas Briot's Coinage [1631-
1639], First Milled Issue [1631-1632], mm. Flower and
'B', Spink 2855, small edge flaw, this present when coin
was produced, NEF
£525 - £575
1600
Claudius copper as, Rome Mint 42 A.D., reverse:-
Minerva to right holding spear and round shield, Sear
1862, nice even colour, small ancient scuffs, obverse,
GF/F
£50 - £60