47
        
        
          1087
        
        
          Henry VII silver groat, Facing Bust Issue, mm. Cross-
        
        
          Crosslet, Class IVa, wide single arch to crown with four
        
        
          crockets, Spink 2200, full, round, well centred, a couple
        
        
          of hairline striking cracks into legend, obverse light scuffs,
        
        
          lightly crinkled, dark patchy tone, nice portrait, NVF
        
        
          £100 - £125
        
        
          1088
        
        
          Henry VII silver groat, Facing Bust Issue, mm. Pansy
        
        
          [1495-1498], Type IIIc with crown with one plain and
        
        
          one jewelled arch, Spink 2199, small and short striking
        
        
          crack at 10 o'clock obverse, well centred, with even
        
        
          overall wear, very slightly bent, F/GF
        
        
          £75 - £95
        
        
          1089
        
        
          Henry VII silver halfpenny of London, Class 3c, Spink
        
        
          2245, uneven flan, well centred with clear portrait,
        
        
          NVF/VF
        
        
          £35 - £45
        
        
          1090
        
        
          Henry VIII silver groat, Second Coinage [1526-1544],
        
        
          London Mint, mm. Lis, salitires in reverse cross ends,
        
        
          Laker Bust D, Spink 2337E, reverse very slightly off
        
        
          centre, GF
        
        
          £90 - £110
        
        
          1091
        
        
          Ireland (2) Elizabeth I copper Pennies 1601 and 1602,
        
        
          slightly porous F-GF
        
        
          £50 - £60
        
        
          1092
        
        
          James I silver Crown, Third Coinage 1619-25, with grass
        
        
          ground line, mm. Lis, colon stops obv., one stop at end of
        
        
          reverse legend (Spink says no stops reverse for this type)
        
        
          S.2664, Fine.
        
        
          £500 - £600
        
        
          1093
        
        
          James I silver shilling, Second Coinage [1604-1619],
        
        
          reverse reads:- QVAE DEVS, Third Bust, beard cut
        
        
          square, mm. Lis [1604-1605], Spink 2654, light scuffs,
        
        
          NF/F
        
        
          £40 - £50
        
        
          1094
        
        
          James II gunmoney halfcrown, struck in Ireland, large
        
        
          size and dated Oct: 1689, Spink 6579E, a nice even well
        
        
          centred strike, better than normal GVF
        
        
          £150 - £170
        
        
          1095
        
        
          James II tin with copper plug farthing, dated 1686 on
        
        
          edge, with an old ticket which states '1962 20/-' rare in
        
        
          this grade GF
        
        
          £320 - £360
        
        
          1096
        
        
          James II, Limerick Besieged [1690-1691] halfpenny,
        
        
          Spink 6594, reversed 'N' in HIBERNIA and overstruck
        
        
          on a large gunmoney shilling, clearly visible:- '1689 XII',
        
        
          F
        
        
          £85 - £95
        
        
          1097
        
        
          Jewish bronzes from the time of Christ, with their tickets,
        
        
          Augustus the Occupation of Judea, Tiberius ditto,
        
        
          Caligula ditto and Pontius Pilate who was Prefect of
        
        
          Judea under Tiberius, collectable NF to F [4]
        
        
          £40 - £50
        
        
          1098
        
        
          Julius Caesar silver denarius struck in Italy, 49 B.C.,
        
        
          obverse:- Elephant walking right, trampling serpent,
        
        
          'CAESAR' below, reverse:- Emblems of the pontificate,
        
        
          simpulum, sprinkler, axe and apex, Sear 1399, obverse
        
        
          die off centre, light banker's marks each side on the inner
        
        
          beading, with old gold and blue 'cabinet tones' VF
        
        
          £100 - £150
        
        
          1099
        
        
          Late Roman bronzes better than the normal bulk lots
        
        
          and all with old tickets, some of which might be
        
        
          transposed, Quintillus [scarce], Aurelian, Tacitus,
        
        
          Probus, Diocletian, Maximianus, Galerius, Constantius I,
        
        
          Severus II [scarce], Constantine I, Licinius I and
        
        
          Maximinus II, average F [12]
        
        
          £40 - £50
        
        
          1100
        
        
          Late Roman bronzes, all with their old tickets, all
        
        
          different and including Dalmatius Caesar, Julian II,
        
        
          Jovian and Procopius, NF to GF [12]
        
        
          £60 - £80
        
        
          1101
        
        
          Lucilla sestertius, Rome Mint 164-166 A.D., reverse:-
        
        
          VESTA S C, Vesta sacrificing from simpulum over
        
        
          lighted altar and holding Palladium, Sear 5510, squarish
        
        
          flan of dark even colour, F
        
        
          £30 - £40
        
        
          1102
        
        
          Marcus Aurelius sestertius Rome Mint 169 A.D.,
        
        
          reverse:- Salus standing left, feeding snake arising from
        
        
          altar and holding long sceptre, Sear 4998, square flan,
        
        
          NF/F, together with a ditto but of Maximinus I, Rome
        
        
          Mint 236-238 A.D., reverse:- Pax standing left holding
        
        
          olive-branch and sceptre, Sear 8332, quite nice portrait,
        
        
          GF/F [2]
        
        
          £25 - £30
        
        
          1103
        
        
          Mark Antony and Octavian silver denarius, Mint of
        
        
          Ephesus, Spring to Summer 41 B.C., obverse:- Bare head
        
        
          of Mark Antony, reverse:- Bare head of Octavian, Spink
        
        
          1504, the die 'bounced' when struck leaving a slight
        
        
          indentation on flan edge, small scratch from mouth
        
        
          [possibly deliberate], banker's marks on Antony's neck,
        
        
          reverse off centre, good metal, GF
        
        
          £225 - £250
        
        
          1104
        
        
          Mark Antony silver denarius 'legionary' type, see Sear
        
        
          Vol. I pp.283-284, this piece of LEG XXI, Mint of
        
        
          Patrae? 32-31 B.C., clear, with banker's marks each side,
        
        
          F together with a Republican silver denarius of Q. Fabius
        
        
          Labeo, 124 B.C., Sear 148, F, both with old tickets, both
        
        
          of good metal [2]
        
        
          £50 - £60
        
        
          1105
        
        
          Mary silver groat, reverse reads:- VERITAS, mm.
        
        
          Pomegranate each side, Spink 2492, slightly bent Fair/F
        
        
          £70 - £80
        
        
          1106
        
        
          Mary, Queen of Scots, base bawbee, First Period [1542-
        
        
          1558], reverse has voided saltire cross, Edinburgh Mint,
        
        
          Spink 5433, above average for this issue, light scuffs,
        
        
          NVF/F
        
        
          £40 - £50
        
        
          1107
        
        
          Maximinus I sestertius, Rome Mint 236-238 A.D.,
        
        
          reverse:- Maximinus, in military attire, standing left, his
        
        
          right hand raised and holding spear in left, seated captive
        
        
          at his feet and crowned by Victory standing left, holding
        
        
          palm, behind him, Sear 8342, scarce type, F
        
        
          £25 - £30
        
        
          1108
        
        
          Medieval Jettons (2) on thick planchets, one in the
        
        
          manner of an Edward Penny d.22mm GF, and the other
        
        
          continental d.27mm VF
        
        
          £30 - £40
        
        
          1109
        
        
          Philip and Mary silver groat reverse reads:- POSVIMVS,
        
        
          mm. Lis, Spink 2508, light scuffs obverse, Fair/NVF
        
        
          £90 - £100