57
1281
Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1642] mm. tun [1636-1638], Group D, Fourth
Bust, Type 3a, no inner circles, reverse:- Round
garnished shield , no CR, Spink 2791, full, round, well
centred and a nice even strike with nice portrait,
unusually fine for the period, early strike, guideline visible
reverse a few very light marks, mostly on the obverse, VF
£150 - £220
1282
Charles II Scottish Turner or Bodle, 1677, Spink 5630, F
£45 - £55
1283
Claudius and Agrippina Junior silver denarius,
Lugdunum Mint 51 A.D., obverse:- Laureate Bust, right,
legend reading outwards:- TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG
GERM P M TRIB [POT P P], reverse:- Draped bust of
Agrippina Junior, right, wreathed with corn-ears,
legend:- AGRIPPINAE AVGVSTAE, Spink 1886,
overall light scuffs, uneven tone, small piece missing from
edge, well centred, probably a detector find and sold with
all old details, good metal, rare, VF
£500 - £750
1284
Claudius colonial AE20 of Alexandria, Egypt, reverse:-
Six ears of corn bound together, in field LB = year 2 =
41/42A.D. [this type alludes to the so important corn
supply to Rome], Sear - , but see 483, scarce GF/NVF
£40 - £50
1285
Claudius II billon tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt of
year 2 reverse:- Bust of Hermanubis right, reverse a small
area of ancient surface loss GVF possibly lacquered, with
a ditto but Aurelian of year 4, reverse:- Eagle standing
right, head left, on wreath, star in upper right field, well
centred, GVF both sold with old pen and ink tickets [2]
£50 - £60
1286
Clodius Albinus one time Governor of Britain, sestertius,
struck under Septimius Severus at Rome in 194 A.D.,
with full obverse legend D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES,
reverse:- Concordia seated left, Sear 6148, no corrosion,
NVF/GF
£350 - £400
1287
Clodius Albinus silver denarius struck as Caesar under
Septimius Severus [at that time he was governor of
Britain], Rome Mint 194A.D., reverse reads:- MINER
PACIF COS II, Minerva standing left, Sear 6144, very
nice portrait, scarce, VF/GF
£120 - £140
1288
Cnut silver penny, Short Cross Issue, Spink 1152, reverse
reads:- +SPARTINC ON LIN, Lincoln Mint, moneyer
Swartinc, Ex. DNW Sale 77, 12.3.2008, lot 190 and sold
with all details, cracked in centre, AVF
£130 - £160
1289
Cnut silver penny, Short Cross Type, Spink 1159,
reverse reads:- +LEOFEDAEG ON STA ['AE' ligulate],
Stamford Mint, moneyer Leofdaegn, scarce money, full,
round, well centred, nice dull old tone GVF
£180 - £220
1290
Coenwulf King of Mercia, Silver Penny, Canterbury
Mint, obverse reads:- +COENWL:F REX. around M,
reverse reads:- .B..A.IB., moneyer Babba within tribrach
moline of two lines with central pelleted line, Spink 914,
most of extreme edge gone but a sharp even strike and of
dark even tone, rare, VF
£750 - £950
1291
Collection of mostly Roman pieces from all periods,
Republican to the end of Empire in silver and bronze,
including a couple of obvious forgeries and a couple of
mediaeval Paduan bronzes of Nero, Galba etc., most of
the coins have tickets with full details, these done very
neatly, condition is F to GVF, an interesting lot worthy of
more research c.125 pieces, housed in a plastic carrying
case.
£1800 - £2200
1292
Commodus silver denarius reverse:- Captives seated at
the foot of a trophy Sear 5706 a little ancient edge loss
VF a ditto but a sestertius reverse Genius? F/NF a ditto
but an as reverse Annona Sear 5853 GF and lastly a
sestertius of Hadrian reverse Egypt reclining, scarce, F all
with their old tickets [4]
£40 - £50
1293
Commonwealth silver halfgroat, Spink 3221, nice
example, lightly crinkled, VF
£90 - £120
1294
Commonwealth silver penny, Spink 3222, nice example,
round, VF
£75 - £100
1295
Constantine I follis of Trier of year 1 reverse Sol ditto but
year 2 both workshop TF ditto but with mint name
missing, ditto but Lugdunum Mint again workshop TF,
ditto but London Mint reading SOLI INVICTO
COMITI in left field a crescent ditto again of London
Mint, reading GENIO POP ROM workshop TF,
selected VF to GVF [6]
£70 - £80
1296
Constantine I follis of Trier year 1 TF in field dot before
ATR x 2 a ditto but no dot before ATR ditto probably
same mint but nothing in field and reads SOLI
INVICTO, last two pieces of the London Mint one SF
PLN second has Greek letter C/G and star in fields PLN,
selected VF to GVF [6]
£70 - £80
1297
Constantine I follis of Trier year 2 two workshop TF a
third ditto but punched in FT ditto but year 1 again
punched in FT and pellet before mint name, ditto but
normal TF and no dot before mint name and last a nice
specimen from the London Mint reading SOLI
INVICTO COMITI in field SF, PLN in exergue,
selected VF to GVF [6]
£70 - £80
1298
Constantine I, follis, Trier Mint 310-313A.D., obverse:-
Laurette and cuirassed bust of Constantine, right,
reverse:- Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars, right,
Sear 16001, rough surfaces, NVF/GF
£40 - £50
1299
Constantius I as Caesar under Maximian I, follis,
Carthage Mint 298-299 A.D. and struck in year 2, Sear
14099, GVF together with a ditto but of Maxentius of
the Ticinum Mint 307 A.D., reverse:- Hexastyle temple,
Sear 15002, GVF with just a hint of silvering [2]
£40 - £50
1300
Constantius I, follis struck as Caesar under Maximian I,
reverse:- Genius of the Roman People, GF and ditto but
as Augustus, F and ditto but Maximimus II as Caesar
under Galerius Maximian, ditto but London Mint, F,
with further bronzes of Constantius I, GF, Diocletian,
GF/VF, Licinius I, VF, Licinius II, GVF and Theodora,
VF, [8]
£40 - £50
