Lockdales Coins & Collectables 17-18 March 2018

57 1259 Roman Republican silver denarius of L.Julius L.f. Caesar, Rome Mint 103 B.C., reverse:- Venus Genetrix in biga to left, drawn by two Cupids, Sear 198, bankers mark on cheek of Mars, good metal, F, together with a cast forgery of a tetradrachm of Parthia of Gotarzes II, 40-51 A.D., F, this piece with a ticket by Dr.Vezin [2] £60 - £70 1260 Roman Republican silver denarius of L.Marcius Censorinus, Rome Mint 82 B.C., Laureate head of Apollo right / The satyr, Marsyas, walking left, his right arm raised, carring wine-skin over left shoulder, column behind surmounted by statue, Sear 281, old surface loss behind bust but sharply struck, reverse slightly off centre, with ticket by Dr.Vezin, NEF/EF £50 - £60 1261 Roman Republican silver denarius of M.Aemilius Lepidus 114-113 B.C., Laureate and diademed head of Roma, right / Equestrian statue, right, horseman holding spear, standing on triple arched platform, Sear 168, GVF/VF £45 - £55 1262 Roman Republican silver denarius, Rome Mint 119 B.C., of M.Furius L.f.Philus, Laureate head of Janus / Roma standing left, crowning trophy, Sear 156, large, well centred, good metal, GVF £70 - £80 1263 Roman Republican silver denarius, Rome Mint c.90 B.C., of C.Vibius C.f.Pansa, Large laureate head of Apollo, right, letter below chin / Minerva in quadriga, right, RSC Vol.I, p.97 2a to c., both dies slightly off centre, good metal, VF £40 - £50 1264 Roman (4) Faustina Junior brass sestertius, Rome Mint 157-161 A.D., reverse:- Spes, Sear 4711, Fine, brass dupondius of Maximinus I, Rome Mint 235-236 A.D., reverse:- Salus enthroned, Sear 8363, Fine, 'Postumus bronze sestertius, Cologne Mint 261 A.D., reverse reads:- FIDES MILITVM, Sear 11081 Fine & a copy of a silver dekadrachm of Syracuse in copper, Fine £30 - £40 1265 Russian silver denga of Ivan IV The Terrible as grand prince 1533-1547, obverse:- PRINCE / GRAND / IVAN in three lines of cyrillic script, reverse:- Ivan on horseback galloping right brandishing sword, W = abbreviation for OSPODAR = sovereign?, between horse's legs, usual eliptical flan, rare, GVF £45 - £55 1266 Russia, Tsar Michael Fedorovich Romanov, 1613-1645, silver kopecks [5] all Moscow Mint, typical eliptical flans, much as struck, if poorly so [5] £40 - £50 1267 Sabina silver denarius, Rome Mint 131 A.D., reverse:- Pudicitia standing left, drawing out folds of drapery, Sear 3922, EF £110 - £130 1268 Sasanian Empire, Shapur II 309-379 A.D. silver drachm, M.879-882 of very good style, with two tickets, one by Dr.Vezin, NEF/EF £50 - £60 1269 Sasanian Empire, Varahran II 275-283 A.D., silver drachm, M.847, edge chips and cracked but rare, GVF £60 - £80 1270 Seljuks of Rum Ghiyath Al Din Kay, Khusru II, 634-643 AH, silver Dirhem, Konya Mint, AH 639 = 1241-1242 A.D., obverse:- Inscription around, sun above, lion right, reverse:- Inscription in five lines, MWI 978 [Sun in Leo, his wife's birthsign], lovely gold and blue peripheral tone, well centred, EF £80 - £100 1271 Severus Alexander brass sestertius, Rome Mint 225 A.D., reverse reads:- VICTORIA AVGVSTI S C, Victory standing right, left foot on helmet, holding round shield, which she inscribes VOT X, all set on a tree trunk, GVF/NEF £60 - £80 1272 Sicily, Philip III of Spain, silver four tari, Messina Mint 1616, Spahr 36, GF £50 - £60 1273 Silver penny imitation of the period of John I or John II 1261-1294 and 1294-1312 of Brabant, of an English short cross penny, with a full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, VF £30 - £40 1274 Spain hammered silver Real of Ferdinand V and Isabella, 1479-1504, Castille and Leon, Seville Mint, porous and slightly crinkled nVF £40 - £50 1275 Stephen silver penny, Cross Moline or 'Watford' Type, Spink 1278, obverse reads:- +STIFNE RE, reverse reads:- +GE[ ]REI:ON:[ ]F:? possibly Thetford Mint, moneyer Geffrei, found near Newmarket 2017, angular flan, with strong portrait, dark toned, VF £250 - £350 1276 Tacitus billon antoninianus, Ticinum or Sisca Mint, reverse reads:- PROVIDE AVG in exergue Q, Providentia standing left, holding globe and sceptre, Sear 11793, with old packet which states 'Glen 26', RIC 152, good even strike, dark even tone, EF £40 - £50 1277 The Seleukid Kingdom silver tetradrachm of Demetrious I, Soter, 162-150 B.C., Demetrious his diademed head right, within laurel-wreath / Tyche seated on throne supported by winged monster, holding cornucopiae and baton, Sear 7014, at sometime cleaned, large and well centred, EF £250 - £280

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