Lockdales Auction 157 14-15 July 2018

39 793 Ancient Greek bronze of c.22mm., struck Larissa of the Thessalian League, 196-146 B.C., Laureate head of Apollo / Athena Itoniar right, with levelled shield and horizontal spear, Sear 2237, NVF £40 - £50 794 Ancient Greek silver tritartemorion, wt. 0.54g., of Athens 393-300 B.C., Head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, all within incuse square, VF £100 - £150 795 Ancient & Hammered Coins & Jetons (16), noted a couple of repros. £40 - £50 796 Antoninus Pius brass dupondius, Rome Mint 142 A.D., Radiate bust right / Genius of the Roman Senate standing left, Sear 4275, nice portrait VF/GF £40 - £45 797 Antoninus Pius bronze drachm of Alexandria, Egypt, obverse:- Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, reverse:- Nilus reclining left on left elbow, which supports a reed, in right hand a cornucopiae, from which issues Genius, holding wreath in right hand, below Crocodile to right, of year 13 = 150-151 A.D., unusually fine, rare thus, GVF £190 - £220 798 Antoninus Pius copper as, British Mint 154-155 A.D., reverse:- Britannia seated left on rocks in dejection, shield and vexillum in background, legend:- BRITANNIA COS II [II S C], Sear 4296, even dark tone, well centred for issue, GF/F £30 - £40 799 Antoninus Pius copper as, Rome and British Mint? 154- 155 A.D., reverse:- Britannia seated left on rocks, in attitude of dejection, vexillum and shield in background, F £45 - £55 800 Antoninus Pius sestertius, Rome Mint 145 A.D., reverse:- Antoninus Pius seated on a platform, left, soldiers around, citizen at foot of platform, left, who receives largesse, Sear 4187, scarce, VF/GF £150 - £160 801 Antoninus Pius silver denarius, Rome Mint 151-152 A.D., reverse reads:- TR POT XV COS IIII in exergue TRANO, Tranquillitas standing right, holding cornucopiae and rudder [not set on globe], RIC III, p.52, 218, the ill. in RIC also depicts no globe, scarce, VF £50 - £60 802 Approx 665g of mixed Ancient coins in a stock box (needs sorting) £50 - £100 803 Armorican, Celtic billon stater, Class 1, reverse:- Horse right, 'gate' below, remains of Victory above, Spink 14, VF, with a billon antoninianus of Claudius II Gothicus, possibly not in Sear, reverse reads:- VIRTVS T[ ]GVSTI, naked, helmeted figure right, resting on club, Hercules or Mars? VF/NVF and lastly a billon follis of Constantine the Great, reverse Sol, Aquileia Mint, Sear 16106, small ancient edge chip, GVF [3] £30 - £40 804 Augustus colonial bronze of c.29mm. of Seleuis and Piera, Antiochia ad Orontem, reverse:- Large S C within laurel-wreath, Sear 108, large oval flan, strong portrait of Augustus, VF £75 - £85 805 Burgred King of Mercia silver penny, obverse:- Diademed bust right with upward looking almound eye, legend:- BVRGRED REXM, reverse reads in three lines DVDPINE.:MON:..:ETA:., moneyer Dudwine, Type A, Spink 938, very small area of edge loss at obverse 8 to 9 o'clock, dark GVF £250 - £300 806 Caligula brass sestertius, Rome Mint 39-40 A.D., reverse Caligula standing on platform at left, addressing five soldiers, Sear 1799, rare, F/NF £300 - £350 807 Carausius a very unusual coin an antoninianus struck on an earlier flan containing silver, which is visible, portions of the radiate crown, hair and forehead are visible on the reverse, 'F' in left field, the 'O' not visible and probably obliterated by the overstriking aforementioned, ML in exergue, London Mint, if this reverse is Pax and an 'X' is visible but in the wrong position, the deity, stands left on groundline, holding olive-branch but the 'sceptre' looks to be an upright spear, Sear 13639Avar., the moneyer knowing he was overstriking gave a heavy blow, producing an excellent portrait, rare, overstriking mostly on legend, GVF £100 - £150 808 Carausius billon antoninianus, Colchester Mint 291-292 A.D., reverse legend:- PROVIDE AVG, in field S C, in in exergue nothing, Providentia holding globe and cornucopiae, Sear 13690, large flan, centre of reverse with ancient corrosion, GF/F £130 - £140 809 Carausius billon antoninianus, reverse Pax with upright sceptre, no letters in field, nothing in exergue?, similar to Sear 13648 given to London, dark, F £40 - £50 810 Carinus as Augustus billon antoninianus Cyzicus Mint 284 A.D., reverse:- Carinus facing Jupiter, Sear 12342, VF £40 - £50 811 Charles I hammered copper Farthings (7) various Richmond, Maltravers and Rose types, F to nVF £40 - £50 812 Charles I silver groat, Aberystwyth 1638-1642, Spink 2893, mm. Book, small neater bust well within inner circle, cabinet tone reverse, GVF/NEF £80 - £90 813 Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under the King 1625-1642, mm. Star 1640-1641, Group F, sixth large 'Briot' bust', Spink 2799, flan a little uneven, F/VF £30 - £40

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