Lockdales Auction 126 11 - 12 July 2015

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1073 Antoninus Pius sestertius, Rome Mint 142 A.D., reverse:-
Annona standing right, Sear 4147, dark hard even green
patina, GVF/VF £150 - £180
1074 Antoninus Pius sestertius, Rome Mint 146 A.D., reverse:-
Antoninus dressed in military attire standing left, Sear
4167, slightly rough surfaces, dark hard even green
patina, VF £140 - £170
1075 Antoninus Pius silver denarius, Rome Mint 159-160
A.D., reverse:- Pax, Sear 4049, with a ditto but of
Lucilla, Rome Mint 164 A.D., reverse:- VOTA PVBLI
CA within wreath, Sear 5494, both dark toned VF,
together with a mediaeval bronze seal [Vessica shape]
with some infill and edge damage, [3] £50 - £70
1076 Antoninus Pius, as, Rome Mint 140-144 A.D., reverse:-
Abundantia standing right, holding corn-ears and
cornucopiae, left at feet modus and corn-ears, prow of
ship in right field, RIC, 2, p.107, 597, both dies slightly
off centre, quite sharp portrait GVF £50 - £60
1077 Assortment of mainly roman bronzes, some better types
seen £50 - £60
1078 Byzantine silver miliaresion of John I Tzimisces 969-976
A.D., Constantinople Mint, Sear 1792, with old ticket,
dark uneven tone, VF £80 - £90
1079 Caracalla silver denarius, reverse reads:- P M TR P
XVIII COS IIII P P, Apollo, naked except for cloak
from shoulder, standing front, head left, holding branch
and leaning on lyre, on altar, RSC III, 282, with nice old
pen and ink ticket, Ex. Baldwin Auction 4.5.99, lot 90,
GVF, with a ditto but of Geta as Caesar under Septimius
Severus and Caracalla, Rome Mint 200 A.D., reverse
reads:- PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Sear II, 7196, sold with
old pen and ink ticket, slightly rough surfaces, GVF [2] £40 - £50
1080 Charles I Civil War Seige Piece of Newark, silver
halfcrown, obverse:- Jewelled crown 12 and 11 pearls
either side of orb and extra pearls along the headband of
crown [6], OBS NEWARK 16[45], although worn on
last two digits the last is probably a '5', Spink 3140,
GF/NF £800 - £1000
1081 Charles I Civil War Seige Piece of Newark, silver
ninepence, obverse:- Jewelled crown, 11/9 pearls to left
and right of orb [although this not visible],
1645, same dies as Brooker 1226, same
reverse die as 1221 [2/6d.], trace of decoration under
reverse design?, reverse struck a little low, holed at top,
GF £600 - £650
1082 Charles I Civil War Seige Piece of Newark, silver
shilling, obverse:- Jewelled crown, 10 pearls either side of
orb, 1646, same dies as Brooker 1255,
same reverse die as 1222 [halfcrown] and 1227
[ninepence], Spink 3143, reverse slightly off centre,
holed at 12 o'clock, VF/F £600 - £650
1083 Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1642] mm. Crown [1635-1636], Group III, Type
3a1, Spink 2773, sold with old ticket, full, round, well
centred, a little squareness at edge obverse 3 o'clock,
NVF/VF £200 - £250
1084 Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1642], mm. Anchor [1638-1639], Group III, Type
3a2, King's cloak is flying from his shoulder, reverse:-
Oval garnished shield, Spink 2775, although as normal
the flan is a little irregular it is as struck with a small die
fault if front of the King's sword, having said that,
although slightly double-struck, the centre of the obverse
is much better struck up than normal, NVF £100 - £110
1085 Clodius Albinus silver denarius struck as Caesar under
Septimius Severus [193-195 A.D.], obverse reads:- D
CLODIVS [ALBINVS CA]ES, reverse reads:-
[M]INER PACIF [COS II], Minerva standing left,
holding olive-branch and leaning on shield, spear against
same arm, Sear II, 6144, with nice old pen and ink
ticket, a little short of flan but probably as produced,
scarce, F/NF £60 - £80
1086 Commonwealth Shilling 1653 a few weak spots but
overall VF £400 - £450
1087 Constantine I billon follis with most of silver wash still in
place, Heraclea Mint 317 A.D., obverse:- Laureate,
draped and cuirassed bust left, holding mappa? in right
hand and globe and sceptre in left, reverse:- Three-
turreted gateway of military camp, in exergue SMHB,
Sear IV, 16033, with nice old pen and ink ticket, Ex.
Ivan Buck 9.1.2003, Ex. Turkish Hoard [RIC VII,
p.546, No.28], EF £40 - £50