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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