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1319
Artifacts, Roman and Anglo-Saxon, boxed the
Anglo-Saxon items noted as found 'Near Horncastle',
these include a 4th. century Roman crossbow brooch
an Anglo-Saxon Cruciform brooch of 5/6th. century,
two further Anglo-Saxon brooches of the 7/8th.
century and an Anglo-Saxon girdle hanger c.700-
c.800 A.D., which is illustrated in a booklet produced
by Scunthorpe Museum in 1987, it is listed as No.4
on page 7 and states 'Girdle hanger, from Horncastle
area. We are not sure what these objects were used
for but it seems likely that they were or represented
keys'. A copy of the booklet is sold with the 6 artifacts.
£400 - £500
1320
Augustus silver denarius, Lugdunum Mint 2 B.C. - 4
A.D., reverse:- Gaius and Lucius Caesars standing
facing, shields and spears between them, simpulum
and lituus in upper centre field, obverse struck a little
high, but nice portrait and good metal, VF
£100 - £150
1321
Bag of coins, mostly ancients, including a couple in
silver, couple of fakes, nice little mix of c.75 pieces
including a bronze of Cunobeline [75]
£50 - £70
1322
Caligula copper as, Rome Mint 37-38 A.D., obverse;-
Bare-headed bust left, legend:- C CAESAR AVG
GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, reverse:- Vesta
seated left, holding small patera and long sceptre,
legend:- VESTA across top field, S C in left and right
field, Sear 1803, full, round, well centred, hard, even
black-green patina with brown-red areas, NEF
£400 - £500
1323
Celtic potin unit, Class 1, Crude head right / Lines
representing bull, pellet under belly, clouds above,
groundline below, Spink 63, nice example, VF
£80 - £90
1324
Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under
Parliament [1643-1648], mm. [R] [1644-1645], Type
3a3, Spink 2778, usual slightly angular flan, F/GF
£38 - £48
1325
Charles II silver merk of Scotland, thistle below bust,
1671, well centred, small piece gone from edge at
obverse 9 o'clock, very light scuffs obverse, GF/VF
£80 - £90
1326
Charles I, silver shilling, Tower Mint under Charles I
[1625-1642] mm. bell [1634-1635], Group D, Type
3a, no inner circles, round garnished shield, no CR,
Spink 2791, full, round but flan a little uneven, a
good strike with centres struck up, most of portrait
visible GF
£30 - £40
1327
Charles I, silver shilling, Tower Mint under Charles I
[1625-1642], mm. tun [1636-1638], Spink 2791, full
and round, portrait gone NF/GF, together with a
ditto but a silver half-groat, mm. triangle [1639-
1640], Group D, inner circle on obverse, Type 3a2-3,
Spink 2832, full, round, obverse slightly off centre,
crinkled, F/GF [2]
£30 - £40
1328
Claudius brass sestertius, Rome Mint 41-42A.D.,
Reverse:- Spes advancing left, holding flower and
lifting skirt, Sear 1853, rough surfaces, well centred,
GF
£180 - £200
1329
Claudius copper as Rome Mint 41-42 A.D., obverse
legend K, reverse:- Constantia, helmeted, standing
left, right hand raised, left holding long sceptre, Sear
1857, GF
£45 - £55
1330
Cnut silver penny, Short Cross Type, Spink 1159,
obverse reads:- +CNVT RECX:, reverse reads:-
+VCEDE ON EOFER., York Mint, moneyer
Ucede, moneyer not in the Yorkshire Syllogue but
looks to be from the same reverse die as that in the
Copenhagen Sylloge, pl.32, 832, with old ticket, full,
round, reverse slightly off centre, crinkled, dark, a
good space filler, NF/F
£120 - £150
1331
Coenwulf King of Mercia, silver penny, Canterbury
Mint, obverse reads:- +COENVVLF REX around
Mercian 'M' which is upsidedown, with a bar across
lower field, reverse reads:- SEBERHT, [retrograde
and 'HT' ligulated], this between tribrach of two
lines, a pellet at each central angle and each end,
Spink 914, J.J.N. 342, full, round, well centred, rough
surfaces, probably a detector find, complete but had
been creased leaving hairline surface cracks, clear GF
£300 - £325
1332
Coenwulf [796-821] silver penny, Group I [796-
c.805], Canterbury Mint, obverse legend:- X
COENVVLF REX, with central 'M' with bar above,
within inner circle, reverse legend +E/AB/A within
arms of a tribrach of three lines, the outer plain with
hook ends, the central with plain ends but made of
pellets, moneyer Eaba, Spink 914, J.J.N. 342, full,
round, well centred, with a flan flaw [split] at obverse
6 o'clock, dark even tone, rare, VF
£750 - £850