Lockdales Auction 155 19-20 May 2018

58 1376 Otacilia Severa sestertius, Rome Mint 245-247 A.D., reverse reads:- PIETAS AVGVSTAE S C, Pietas standing left, Sear 9168, slightly rough surfaces, NEF £70 - £90 1377 Otacilia Severa silver antoninianus, Rome Mint 244-245 AD, reverse PVDICITIA AVG, Pudica standing left drawing veil from face and holding sceptre, Sear 9159, much original finish, EF £40 - £50 1378 Penny Cynethryth (Wife of Offa) c.757-796, Light Coinage Canterbury Mint, moneyer Eoba, S.909, North 339, Chick 138c (this coin), weight 1.12 grammes, About VF, well-centred with a few very small pitting marks, extremely rare, Cynethryth being the only Anglo-Saxon queen to have her name and portrait on coinage £4500 - £5000 1379 Philip & Mary Shilling (undated issue) S2501A. GF - VF for issue but slightly crinkled flan £350 - £400 1380 Poppaea, wife of Nero, whom he kicked to death, also killing their unborn child, bronze of c.27mm. of Perinthus, Thrace, obverse:- Bust of Poppaea, right, reverse:- Head-dress of Isis within olive-wreath, Sear 670, full, round, well centred, rare, NVF £230 - £260 1381 Richard I silver penny, Short Cross, Class 4a, whiskers as small pellets, hair as non-parallel crescents, obverse reads:- hENRICVSR EX, reverse reads:- +STI[VEN]E. ON.LV, London Mint, moneyer Stivene, Spink 1348A, well centred, a little weakness on legends, GF £40 - £50 1382 Richard I silver penny, Short Cross, Class 4a, whiskers as small pellets, hair as non-parallel crescents, obverse reads:- [h]ENRICVSR EX, reverse reads:- [+ROB]ERD.ON.CAN, Canterbury Mint, moneyer Roberd, Spink 1348A, a little weak down one side, two striking edge cracks [hardly visible], GF £40 - £50 1383 Roman Imperial bronzes, all periods, low grade, one holed twice, a London piece noted, Fair - F [29] £40 - £45 1384 Roman Imperial silver denarii of the period of Septimius Severus, reverse Minerva, good metal, GF, second, reverse Mars left, good metal, VF and lastly Genius or Bonus Eventus, sacrificing, good metal flan a little mis- shapen, VF/GF [3] £45 - £55 1385 Roman Imperial silver denarii of the period of Septimius Severus, reverse Victory left, good metal, GVF/VF, second, reverse Sol, good metal, VF and lastly a piece which is of slightly barbarous style, GF [3] £45 - £55 1386 Roman Imperial silver denarii of the period of Septimius Severus, reverse Victory left, good metal, VF/NVF, second, reverse Hercules, good metal, small, VF/GF and lastly reverse, Annona, good metal, VF/GF [3] £45 - £55 1387 Roman Imperial silver denarii of the period of Septimius Severus, reverse:- Mars, Sear 6311, VF/GF, a ditto but reverse:- Sol, Sear 6331, small slightly ragged flan but nice portrait and metal, VF and lastly a ditto, reverse again Mars, small but good metal, VF [3] £45 - £55 1388 Roman Imperial silver denarii of the period of Septimius Severus, reverse:- Pax seated, Sear 6329, VF/NVF, a ditto reverse:- Victory holding wreath and palm branch, GVF/VF and lastly a ditto reverse:- Annona, Sear 6262, GVF/VF [3] £45 - £55 1389 Roman Imperial silver denarii of the period of Septimius Severus, reverse:- Severus sacrificing, left, NVF/GF, a ditto but reverse:- Annona, VF/GF and lastly reverse:- Victory left, with trophy and wreath. left, VF [3] £45 - £55 1390 Roman Imperial silver denarii of the period of Septimius Severus, reverse:- Sol, good metal, GVF/NVF, a ditto but reverse:- Bonus Eventus, VF/GF, a ditto, same reverse, GVF/VF and lastly, reverse:- Severus, togate, this a modern copy [4] £45 - £55 1391 Roman Imperial silver denarii of the period of Septimius Severus, reverse:- Sol, good metal, VF, a ditto but reverse:- Liber?, good metal, VF and lastly reverse:- Pax, good metal, VF [3] £45 - £55 1392 Roman Imperial silver denarii of the period of Septimius Severus, reverse:- Victory left [with the ARAB etc legend, Sear 6265] x 2, GF and VF and lastly a ditto but reverse:- Pax enthroned, Sear 6319, VF, all of good metal [3] £45 - £55 1393 Roman Republican bronze sextans Rome Mint c.217- 215 BC, Obverse head of Mercury right in winged petasus, mark of value 2 pellets (2 unciae) above. / Rev. prow of galley right, ROMA above, 2 pellets below. 25.2g, Sear 610, good large flan, nVF for type. £70 - £80 1394 Roman Republican copper as, of C. Junius C.f., Rome Mint 149 BC, Obverse laureate head of bearded Janus, 'I' above. / Rev. Prow of galley right, C.IVNI above, 'I' before and ROMA below. Sear 723, some light pitting, nVF £70 - £80 1395 Roman Republican silver denarius of L.Valerius Flaccus 108-107 B.C., obverse:- Winged and draped bust of Victory right, reverse:- Mars walking left, holding spear and trophy, apex before, corn-ear behind, Sear 183, good metal, GVF £55 - £60 1396 Roman Republican silver denarius of P.Clodius M.f. 42 B.C., obverse:- Laureate head of Apollo right, lyre behind, reverse:- Diana Lucifera standing right, holding long lighted torch in each hand, Sear 492, obverse slightly off centre, good metal, VF £35 - £45 1397 Roman Republican silver denarius of Q. Fabius Labeo, 124 B.C., obverse:- Helmeted head of Roma right, X below chin, reverse:- Jupiter in quadriga right, holding thunderbolt, Sear 148, good metal, VF £45 - £50 1398 Sasanian Empire Ardeshir I, 226-240 A.D., billon c.25mm., wt.13.6g., Bearded and helmeted with ear flaps, bust right / Fire altar, undated, MACW 784-786, with ticket by Dr R.Vezin, GF £40 - £50 1399 Sasanian Empire, Hormazd IV 579-904 A.D., silver drachm of year 4 = 582 A.D., with full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, GVF £40 - £50 1400 Sasanian Empire, Khusru II, 590-627 A.D., silver drachm of year 4 = 593 A.D., with full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, stains, GVF £40 - £50 1401 Sasanian Empire, Shapur II 309-379 A.D., silver drachm, undated, with full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, VF £40 - £50