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1251

Ancient Greek Silver Drachm of Sinope ( a colony of

Miletos) c.450 BC. Obverse: Crude head of eagle left,

dolphin below. Reverse: Quadripartite incuse square with

alternate granulated surfaces. Sear 3688. GVF.

£70 - £90

1252

Ancient Greek Silver Tetradrachm of Attambelos I King

of Characene c.44-40 BC. Obverse: His diademed head

right, with long beard, reverse: naked Hercules seated left,

in Exergue Seleukid year 272 = 41/41 BC. Sear 6182.

Heatstyle, well centred & well struck. GVF.

£240 - £260

1253

Ancient Greek silver Trihemiobol of Thasos, 411-350

B.C., obverse:- Satyr kneeling left, holding kantharos,

reverse:- Inscription each side of amphora all in shallow

incuse square, Sear 1755, well centred, NVF

£50 - £60

1254

Ancient Persian silver siglos, c.500 B.C., the Great King

kneeling right, shooting bow and arrow / Incuse oblong

punch, the piece seems transitional in that the fabric and

style are as Sear 3427 but the King has his legs visible as

Sear 3425, banker's test marks each side

£60 - £80

1255

Angel Edward IV S.1967 mintmark Near Fine with a

small amount of residue on the reverse rim

£1000 - £1100

1256

Anglo-Saxon silver sceat, Primary Phase c.680-

c.710A.D., Series F, Helmeted bust right, blundered

legends, reverse:- Small cross, an annulet at each end,

placed on steps, TTI I in angles, Spink 781, sharply struck

VF/GVF

£150 - £160

1257

Anglo-Saxon silver sceat, Secondary Phase c.710-c.760,

Series K, Type 32a, Bust right with cross before,

supported by hand / Wolf-headed serpent, biting its tail,

Spink 803C, with old ticket, slightly rough surfaces,

reverse slightly off centre, VF/GF

£100 - £120

1258

Anglo Saxon Styca of Northumberland. Wt. 1.16g. Of

Wigmund Archbishop of York 837-849/50 AD. Moneyer

Edilveard, Spink 870, good caligraphy. EF

£100 - £120

1259

Anglo Saxon. Mercia. Coenwulf 796-821 AD. Silver

Penny 1.17g. Tribrach type. Moneyer Duda. S.914.

Some extreme edge loss but little actual wear since struck,

rare.

£650 - £700

1260

Antoninus Pius, silver denarius, Rome Mint 152-153,

reverse reads:- COS IIII, Fortuna standing right, holding

rudder set on globe and an out turned cornucopiae, Sear

4073, a sharply struck piece of good metal, with a hint of

original finish, EF

£80 - £90

1261

Arcadivs silver siliqua, emperor's name rendered as

ARCAPIVS, see Sear p,437, Trier Mint 393-395 A.D.,

reverse reads:- VIRTVS ROMANORVM, in exergue

TR PS, Sear 20761, edge a little uneven but probably as

produced, VF

£30 - £50

1262

Armorican billon stater [N.W.Gaul and the Channel

Islands], Celtic head, right / Galloping horse right, boar

below, Spink p.2, a nice, large flan specimen, Ex. Seaby

and with two old tickets, VF

£60 - £80

1263

Augustus brass dupondius [moneyer's series], reverse

legend:- T CRISPINVS SVLPICIANVS III VIR A A A

F F, Sear 1669, even milky green patina, NVF together

with a silver siliqua of Valentinian II, Trier Mint, reverse:-

Victory walking right, surface rough with pits but

unclipped as many British found pieces are in this series,

GF [2]

£30 - £40

1264

Augustus silver denarius, Lugdunum Mint 15-13 B.C.,

obverse:- Bare head of Augustus, right, reverse:- Diana

standing left, looking right, hound at feet, Sear 1612, a

scarce type that commemorates the victory of Augustus

over Sextus Pompey at the battle of Naulochus on 3 rd.

Sept. 36 B.C., pleasing bust of Augustus, GVF/VF

£250 - £300