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1278
Roman Republican silver denarius of Q Fabius Labeo,
124 B.C., Sear 148 crescent banker's mark on cheek, GF
together with a ditto but of Mn.Cordius Rufus, 46 B.C.,
Sear 440 again a banker's mark on cheek, GF [2]
£50 - £60
1279
Roman Republican silver denarius of Q.Sicinius and
C.Coponius, 49 B.C. obverse:- Diademed head of apollo
right, reverse:- Club draped with Lion's skin, between
arrow and bow, Sear 413, obverse slightly off centre,
good metal, scarce, VF
£65 - £75
1280
Russian silver Kopeck of Ivan IV [The terrible] as Grand
Prince 1533-1547, obverse:- PRINCE/GRAND/
LORD/OF/ALL/RUSSIA in five lines of cyrillic script,
reverse:- Ivan on horseback galloping right, striking
downwards with lance, usual eliptical flan, GVF
£40 - £50
1281
Sabina brass sestertius, Rome Mint 136 A.D., reverse
reads:- VENERI GENETRICI S C, Venus standing
right, drawing out fold of drapery from shoulder and
holding apple, Sear 3941, some legend weakly struck,
obverse 2 - 5 o'clock and corresponding part of reverse
and signs of some old field tooling, never the less a good
portrait piece, VF
£200 - £250
1282
Sabina silver denarius, Rome Mint 131 A.D., reverse:-
Pudicitia standing left, drawing out folds of drapery from
dress, Sear 3922, nice bust, good metal, GVF
£140 - £180
1283
Scottish Charles I silver 20 pence pieces, first:- Bust
wholly within inner circle, no F over crown, Spink 5591,
second:- Bust to edge, reads SCOT MAG BR, not clear
but seems no 'F' above reverse crown, Spink 5588A?, and
third:- Bust within inner circle, lozenge at the end of
obverse legend, both dies slightly off centre, no sign of an
'F', average F [3]
£50 - £70
1284
Septimius Severus silver denarius, Rome Mint 204 A.D.,
reverse:- Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre,
seated to the front on leaping lion, right, over water
which springs from rock on left, Sear 6285, good metal,
GVF/VF
£70 - £80
1285
Sesterii, dupondi, asses and semis, found on a building
site in Colchester in the 1970's [15], with a ditto lot but
25, a couple of scarce reverses, Poor to NF [40]
£50 - £60
1286
Sextus Pompey, second son of Pompey the Great,
Imperator and Prefect of the Fleet, executed 35 B.C.,
brass as, struck Sicily, 43-36 B.C., obverse:- Laureate
head of Janus with features of Pompey the Great,
MAGN [MA in monogram] this only just visible,
reverse:- Prow of galley right, PIVS above, IMP below,
Sear 1394, the neck folds of Janus very clear on this
specimen, nice central and round, slightly rough surfaces,
GF/F
£90 - £110
1287
Small collection of ancient pieces, mostly English
hammered including coins of John, Edward IV, Henry
VIII, Elizabeth I and James I, one holed, one cracked,
various grades [24]
£100 - £170
1288
Stephen and Matilda silver penny, from the Ornamented
Group which is attributed to York and issued c.1150,
wt.1.13g., 19.72mm., obverse:- King and Queen
standing facing inwards, supporting large, tall sceptre,
legend:- [STI]EFNER, reverse:- Legend of ornaments,
Cross Fleury over Cross Pommee; annulets in field, Spink
1315, J.J.North 922, round flan, nice central strike, a
little extreme edge loss at obverse, 9 to 10 o'clock, a little
weakness on legends each side of obverse design, toned
black, very rare, VF
£5500 - £6500
1289
Stephen silver penny Cross Moline or 'Watford' Type,
Spink 1278, obverse reads:- [+STIEFNE] REX, reverse
probably
reads:-
+O[TERC]hE:[ON:NORPI:],
Norwich Mint, moneyer Oterche, cf. BMC 81-82, usual
southern angular flan, both dies off centre, near half-flat,
flan does'nt ring hence possible internal corrosion or
unseen hairline crack, portrait visible, were struck up, F
£140 - £160
1290
Stephen silver penny, BMC II, Spink 1280, Voided
Cross
and
Stars
Type,
reverse
reads:-
[B
]ALDPIN:ON:[TEF], Thetford Mint, moneyer
Baldwin, Baldwin worked at Norwich for the last type of
Henry I [XV] and produced coins at Thetford in
Stephen Type II, there being presently only 2 and a cut-
halfpenny known to the cataloguer, this last is BMC 170,
Ex. Linford Find 1883, Ex. B.Roth, Ex. G.Wakeford, Ex.
Montagu 1896, second is Ex. C.Dennett, Spink 90, 324,
Ex. O'Brian Hubbard, Ex.Drabble 706, third Ex.
J.Cross,
£400 - £460
1291
Trajan as Rome Mint 100A.D., reverse:- Victory
alighting with shield, Sear 3242, slightly rough surfaces,
good features, GF, together with a dupondius of
Hadrian, Rome Mint 119A.D., reverse:- Salus-Fortuna,
Sear 3668, even dark patina, VF [2]
£40 - £50