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1250
Ancient Greek silver stater of Asia Minor, Cilicia, Tarsos
of c.361-334 B.C. Baal of Tarsos enthroned left, head
facing, holding eagle, corn-ear and bunch of grapes, in
right hand a lotus headed long sceptre in left / Lion bring
down a bull, biting behind head and claws in body, Sear
5650, superb ancient art, obverse struck slightly low,
VF/EF
£250 - £300
1251
Ancient Jewish bronzes, many with the same surface
deposit, Poor to NF [20]
£50 - £60
1252
Ancient Parthia, Mithridates II, 123-88 B.C., silver
drachm, wt. 3.9g., Sellwood 28.6 and a ditto, wt. 4.0g.
and Sellwood 28.3g., both from 2nd. edition, both with
old tickets, VF second EF [2]
£60 - £70
1253
Ancient Parthia, Mithridates II, 123-88 B.C., silver
drachm, wt. 4.0g., Sellwood 28.3 and a ditto, wt. 4.1g.
and Sellwood 28.2, both with old tickets, first GVF/VF
second GVF [2]
£50 - £60
1254
Anciet Greek silver minor of Lampsakos, obverse:-
Janiform female head, reverse:- Helmeted head of
Athena, a little short of flan, VF/F
£50 - £60
1255
Anglo-Saxon, Northumbria copper alloy styca, c.810-
c.830, Eanred, Spink 862, obverse:- +EANRED RE
around central cross, reverse:- +ALDA[T]ES, moneyer
around central cross, plus a ditto, obverse:- +EANRED
REX around central cross, reverse:- xDAEGBERCT,
moneyer Daegberht, Spink - , but see J.J.North, p46, 186,
note [this moneyer struck in base silver] indeed the
present piece 'looks' a little silver, F and GF [2]
£40 - £60
1256
Antoninus Pius as possibly struck at a British Mint, 154-
155 A.D. reverse:- Britannia seated on rock, left, in
attitude of dejection, legend:- BRITANNIA COS IIII S
C, Sear 4296, as usual a little short of flan and difficult to
find with near full legend, with old ticket, dull, well
centred, GF reverse perhaps a little better
£60 - £70
1257
Antoninus Pius sestertius, Rome Mint 142 A.D., reverse:-
Annonia standing right, Sear 4147, hard black-green
patina, quite nice portrait, VF
£160 - £180
1258
Bag of approx 100 lead seals
£15 - £20
1259
British copy of an as of Claudius with two old tickets, an
Allectus bronze of the QC mint, galley, LAETITI[A]
AVG, again with two old tickets, plus three 'barbarous
radiates' again all with old tickets, F to NVF [5]
£50 - £60
1260
Byzantine copper follis of Basil I, obverse:- Bazil at
centre, flanked by his sons Leo and Constantine, reverse:-
Five lined legend as Sear 1712, nice even strike, dull,
NVF
£60 - £65
1261
Byzantine copper follis of Constantine VII and Romanus
I, obverse:- Facing bust of Romanus, reverse:- Legend of
Four lines, Sear 1760, even strike, small area of deposit,
reverse, NVF/F
£50 - £55
1262
Caracalla silver denarius, Rome Mint 213 AD. Reverse:
MONETA AUG., Moneta standing left holding scales &
cornucopiae, Sear 6821, EF
£50 - £60
1263
Celtic import gold stater Gallo-Belgic issue, obverse:-
Almost blank with just a hint of design, reverse:- Horse
galloping, right, pellet below, two pellets above and an
object similar to a cornucopiae, six pellets behind, an eye
like object below double tail, Spink 11-12, scuff across
horse, GF
£400 - £450
1264
Charles I gold unite, Tower Mint under the King [1625-
1642], Group B, second bust, with ruff, mantle and
armour, mm. Castle [1627-1628], Spink 2687, full,
round, well centred, a very few very small weak areas, VF
£1800 - £1900
1265
Charles I silver half-pound, struck from a Shrewsbury
reverse die [see Brooker 803-804] present piece of
Oxford, see same dies Brooker 866, same obverse 867-
868, mm. Plume/-, Spink 2944, full, round, well centred,
nice even strike, obverse lightly double-struck, rare,
NVF/VF
£4000 - £4500
1266
Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under Parliament
[1642-1649], mm. Sun [1645-1646], Group III, Type
3a3, crude workmanship, Spink 2778, Ex. St James
Auctions, May 10, lot 571, with old ticket, this piece has
been slabbed as XF40 by NGC, then removed, large with
the usual irregular flan, metal fault on king, double-struck
legend before horse, NVF/VF
£80 - £100