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Ancient & Hammered Coins
1241
Aelius Caesar sestertius struck under Hadrian, Rome
Mint 137A.D., reverse:- Spes advancing left, holding
flower and lifting skirt, Sear 3986, nice even, untouched
olive tone GVF
£700 - £750
1242
Alexandrian billon tetradrachms of Claudius II, Probus x
2 and Diocletian, all with old tickets which include very
detailed tickets by Dr.R.Vezin, GF to EF [4]
£40 - £50
1243
Alexandrian billon tetradrachms of Gallienus, Claudius
II, Probus, Diocletian and Maximian, all with old tickets
which include very detailed tickets by Dr.R.Vezin, these
are a little better than the norm and are VF to EF [5]
£50 - £60
1244
Alfred the Great silver penny, Canterbury Mint, Spink
1069, obverse:- Small central cross-pattee, Legend:-
AELFRED REX D_ORO [both 'O's as mascles],
reverse:- Three horizontal pellets, a single pellet at top
and bottom, dividing two line legend:- BVRNVALD
MO ['O' as a mascle with cross ends], moneyer
Burnwald, full, round, well centred, a little area of
extreme edge loss, lightly toned, VF
£800 - £1000
1245
Ancient British Celtic bronze unit of Cunobelin of the
Trinovantes and Catuvellauni, obverse:- Bearded and
horned head of Jupiter Ammon left, reverse:- Horseman
galloping right, Spink 345, dark, well centred and sruck,
VF
£100 - £120
1246
Ancient British, Celtic bronze unit of the Catuvellauni of
Addedomaros [c.45-c.25 B.C.], obverse:- Head left with
corded hair, reverse:- Galloping horse left, Spink 206,
ABC 2544, dark, well centred, slightly rough surfaces
NVF
£70 - £80
1247
Ancient British, Celtic gold stater of Trinovantes and
Catuvellauni, wt. 5.5g., Spink 286, obverse:- Corn ear
dividing CA MV, reverse:- Horse galloping right, branch
and pellet above, a little weak down one side each side,
VF
£600 - £700
1248
Ancient British, Celtic silver unit of the Cantiaci, Crossed
Wreaths Type, ABC 246var., this issue was formerly
given to the North Thames Group but Chis Rudds has
pointed out that recent finds have all come from Kent
[see ABC p.37], the present piece is a slight variant in
that it has a pelleted outline to the wreath edges, given as
extremely rare, NVF
£125 - £175
1249
Ancient coins mostly bronze including Greek, Indo-
Greek and Roman Imperial in normal low grade, the
Greek bronzes perhaps a little better, a few have old
tickets which we have not checked, [34]
£40 - £50
1250
Ancient Greek silver Tetradrachm of The Seleukid
Kingdom, of Antiochos VII, 138-129 B.C., reverse:-
Athena standing left, Sear 7091, GVF
£90 - £110
1251
Ancient Greek, Asia Minor, silver stater, Wt. 10.6g. of
Cilicia, Tarsos c.361-334 B.C., Sear 5650, obverse:- Baal
of Tarsos enthroned, reverse:- Bull left forced to the
ground by an attacking male lion, which bites into back
of its neck, reverse of superb style, obverse of good detail,
slightly off centre VF/EF
£300 - £350
1252
Anglo-Gallic, Richard II [1377-1399], base hardi d'
argent, wt. 0.93g., said to be Ex. Noble 83/1889, full,
round, reverse slightly off centre, VF
£65 - £85
1253
Anglo-Saxon copper styca of Aethelred II of
Northumbria, at centre of each side an annulet enclosing
a pellet, no corrosion GVF with an Edward I silver
penny of London, GF [2]
£40 - £50
1254
Anonymous Roman AE4 attributed to the reign of Julian
II, obverse:- Bust of Isis right, reverse:- The Nile reclining
left, Old Sear - , but see 4079, with two old tickets, scarce
GF
£40 - £50
1255
Antoninus Pius sestertius, reverse:- PAX, Sear 4200, a
few very light surface marks, NVF and a ditto but
reverse:- Fortuna Sear 4244? rough surfaces F and a ditto
but a dupondius reverse:- Libertas?, smallish F [3]
£40 - £50
1256
Antoninus Pius silver denarii reverses:- Pax RSC II 582,
VF, Fortuna RSC II 264, VF, Liberalitas Sear 4063,
VF/GF and lastly Pax RSC II 582, GF all with their old
tickets, [4]
£50 - £60
1257
Antoninus Pius silver denarius, reverse:- Minerva
standing left, Sear 4052var., GF, ditto reverse:- Diana
standing right with bow and arrow, Sear - , VF, ditto
reverse:- Libertas standing left, Sear 4117, GF all good
metal [3]
£60 - £80
1258
Burgred, King of Mercia [852-874] silver penny, Type C
with reverse legend divided by two lines with crook at
each end, obverse reads:- EVRGRED REX around
diademed and draped bust, right, reverse reads:- top
MON, bottom ETA [MONETA] and centre CIALLAF
the moneyer [see J.J.N. p.72], the 'O' is decorated as a
cross, Spink 941, full, round, well centred, chipped at
obverse top which continues a short way, as a hairline
crack into the flan, VF
£200 - £300
1259
Byzantine bronzes all with detailed tickets by
Dr.R.Vezin, average F [8]
£40 - £50
1260
Byzantine bronzes all with detailed tickets by
Dr.R.Vezin, average F [9]
£45 - £55
