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Ancient & Hammered Coins (& Artefacts)
1446
A charming one piece bronze fibula, Celtic of c.21mm.
with incised decoration and with 'swan neck' catch plate,
complete with pin, of superb workmanship
£50 - £60
1447
Allectus billon antoninianus, London Mint 295-296
A.D., reverse:- Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm
and cornucopiae, in exergue 'ML', 'SA' in field, Sear
13807 but as illustration 13807 var., reverse very slightly
off centre, GF
£45 - £50
1448
Ancient Greek silver stater of Bruttium, Terina, Head of
Hera Lakinia wearing stephanos / Nike seated left,
holding wrearh [off flan], with a ticket by Dr. Vezin,
smallish irregular flan, with extreme edge loss, reverse
slightly off centre, VF/NVF
£20 - £25
1449
Ancient Greek silver stater of Soloi, Cilicia, 425-400 B.C.,
Amazon kneeling left with bow and quiver / Bunch of
grapes, see Sear p.509, with old ticket, with large test cut,
F
£30 - £40
1450
Ancient Greek silver tetradrachm of Ephesos, Ionia, 390-
330 B.C., Bee with straight wings / Forepart of kneeling
stag, right, palm tree behind, magistrate's name before,
Sear 4372 but different magistrate, NVF
£325 - £350
1451
Ancient Greek silver tetradrachm of the Macedonian
Kingdom, c.300 B.C., reverse:- Zeus seated left on throne
with back, legs parallel, feet on stool, holding eagle and
long sceptre, no strutts to throne, legs with small bulbous
turnings, clothing hangs down and before, A I beneath,
wreath? in field before, legend in exergue, similar to Sear
6724, VF
£175 - £200
1452
Ancient Greek, Kingdom of Persis, silver drachm, Head
of Darius I, headress surmounted by eagle / Fire altar,
Sear 6194, with old ticket, 'Ex. Baldwin' and a full ticket
by Dr. Vezin, VF
£25 - £30
1453
Ancient Sicily, Syracuse, silver didrachm, c.479 B.C.,
Slow quadriga driven right, Nike flying above, crowning
horses / Head of Artemis-Arethusa right, hair tied with
double cord, four dolphins around, Sear pp.97-99, GVF
£325 - £375
1454
Anglo-Saxon hacksilver penny farthing plus sized
fragment of Aethelstan [924-939], Small Cross /
Moneyer's name in two lines Type, Spink 1089, VF
£45 - £55
1455
Antoninus Pius gold aureus, Rome Mint 157-158 A.D.,
reverse reads:- TR POT XXI COS I I I I, Salus standing
right, feeding snake held in right hand, from a dish, held
in left, overall very small marks under magnification, VF
£1500 - £2000
1456
Antoninus Pius silver denarius, Rome Mint 146 A.D.,
reverse:- Clasped right hands holding caduceus between
corn-ears, Sear 4078, VF
£45 - £55
1457
Arcadius silver siliqua, Trier Mint 393-395 A.D., Sear
20761, variety with the spelling ARCAPIVS, reverse:-
Roma seated left, in exergue TRPS, VF
£60 - £70
1458
Bag of low grade Roman bronze coins.
£20 - £30
1459
Box of corroded coins, tokens and Roman Empire, noted
Carausius, a couple silver but most bronze/brass c.130
£20 - £30
1460
Calabria, Taras, Southern Italy, silver didrachm, c.344-
334 B.C., Naked horseman, helmeted, right, brandishing
spear and holding shield and two spears / Taras seated
on dolphin, left, right hand holding eagle? wreath before,
in right field a thunderbolt, Sear pp. 40-45, EF
£350 - £400
1461
Caligula copper as, Rome Mint 37-38 A.D., Sear 1803,
Bare headed bust, left / Vesta seated left, holding patera
and long sceptre, with hard, black-green patina, NEF/EF
£250 - £275