Lockdales Auction 155 19-20 May 2018

53 1287 Byzantine copper follis, Constantinople Mint, anonymous class A2 (time of Basil II, 976-1025 AD). Obverse bust of Christ facing and holding book of Gospels, IC to left and XC to right. Reverse legend in four lines. Sear 1813, better than usual, good dark patina, nEF £40 - £60 1288 Byzantine silver ceremonial miliarense of Constans II and Constantine IV, Constantinople Mint 654-668 AD. Obverse facing busts of Constans II (helmeted) and Constantine IV (crowned). / Rev. Cross potent on globe, above 3 stars, palm branch on either side. Sear BCV 987, a very rare piece GVF £550 - £600 1289 Caligula copper as, Rome Mint 37-38 A.D., reverse:- Vesta seated left, Sear 1803, very slightly rough surfaces, well centred, NVF £50 - £60 1290 Caracalla as Caesar silver denarius, reverse:- Minerva, Sear 6678, GVF, together with a ditto but Geta as Caesar, reverse:- Mars, Sear 7179, VF both of good metal, together with two silver looking antoniniani, first of Valerian, reverse Victory, GF, second of Philip I, reverse:- Annona, lightly crinkled, F [5] £60 - £70 1291 Caracalla silver denarius Rome Mint 210 AD, reverse reads VICTORIAE BRIT, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm, Sear 2901, a few weak letters on reverse, EF £70 - £80 1292 Caracalla silver denarius Rome Mint 213 AD, reverse reads PM TR P XVI COS IIII P P, Hercules standing facing, head left, holding branch and club with lions skin, Sear 6828, toned EF £55 - £65 1293 Carus billon antoninianus, Rome Mint 282 A.D., reverse:- Providentia standing left, holding wand, pointing to globe at feet and long sceptre, in exergue LKA, Sear 12177var., some silver wash still evident, VF £30 - £35 1294 Charles I copper farthings Richmond Type, mm. Annulet, off centre VF with a ditto but Type 3, eagle headed harp, mm. Lion rampant? these together with an English silver counter, this depicting Gustavus Adulphus and Maria Eleonora of Sweden, holed, F [3] £20 - £30 1295 Charles I Rose farthings, F to VF [10] £40 - £50 1296 Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under Parliament 1642-1649, Type 5, mm. Long Handled Sceptre 1646- 1648 [this form not listed by Spink, Bull or Brooker] under Spink 2780, probably very late [thanks to Roger Vezin], centres Fair / NVF, legends;- flat areas GF £50 - £60 1297 Charles I silver shillings, Tower Mint under the King, mm. Harp, possibly Spink 2771, Fair/GF, Tower Mint under Parliament, mm. Triangle, clipped, NF/NVF and mm.[P], F/NVF and lastly mm. Eye?, GF [4] £80 - £100 1298 Charles II hammered silver sixpence, with inner circles, Spink 3323, NF/NVF with a ditto but twopence, no inner circles, bust to the edge of coin, Spink 3318, GVF/NVF [2] £50 - £60 1299 Cnut silver penny Quatrefoil Type, S.1157, Obverse reads +CNVT REX ANGLORVI. / Rev. BRVSTAN SAN, Stamford Mint, moneyer Brunstan. A rare moneyer for Stamford, who moved to Thetford early in this issue. Almost certainly ex-Cambridge find. Full round well centred EF £380 - £420 1300 Cnut silver penny, Quatrefoil Type, Spink 1157, Obv: +CNVT REX ANGLO. / Rev: +AELFPII ON GRANT, AE ligate and pellet in centre of O, extra pellets in quatrefoil and two more in 3rd quarter. Cambridge Mint, moneyer Aelfwig. Possibly Ex. 'Cambridge Find'? Obverse of distinct London style, with almost circular quatrefoil, retaining some original mint finish EF, a few peck marks. £300 - £350 1301 Collection of ancient bronzes [one Greek silver piece], from small Ancient Greek to Roman Imperial, early to late Empire, including sestertii [the Port of Ostia of Nero being a later copy], also a Byzantine piece noted, various grades [35] £50 - £70 1302 Commodus silver denarius Rome Mint 185 AD, reverse reads SAEC FEL PM TRP X IMP VII COS IIII P P, Victory standing right inscribing VO.DE on shield attached to palm tree. Sear 5692, GVF/VF £45 - £55 1303 Constantius I as Caesar under Maximian I, follis, reverse Genius, Trier Mint 298-299 A.D, Sear 14036, GVF, with a ditto but reverse:- Moneta, Rome Mint 302-305 A.D., mm. with crescent between R T, Sear 14085, GVF [2] £50 - £70 1304 Constantius II as Augustus, billon maiorina, mint reading in exergue not clear, see Sear Vol. V, page 177 on, with much detail GVF with a copy, Victorian in silver? of a silver denarius of Mn.Acilius Glabrio of the Roman Republic of c.49 B.C., Sear 412, EF [2] £20 - £30 1305 Continental imitation of an English silver penny of John of Avesnes, a crockard obverse reading +:I:COMES:hANONIE reverse possibly reading:- VAL ENC hEN ENS', minted Hainaut at Valenciennes, see Mayhew p.38-40, large, full, round coin, hairline striking cracks into legend [hardly visible], VF £40 - £50 1306 Continental silver sceat of c.695-c.740 A.D., variety with the degenerate face still looking similar to a face, the curve resting on an annulet, reverse as the standard design but central annulet enclosing a pellet and pellets in quarters, resting on an upright and annulet enclosing a pellet, much as Spink 790B, NEF £60 - £80