Lockdales Auction 158 15-16 September 2018

74 1633 Aurelian billon antoninianus, uncertain mint c.272 A.D., reverse reads:- VIRTVS MILITVM, Aurlian standing right, holding globe and sceptre, facing soldier standing left, presenting wreath bearing Victory to Aurlian and holding transverse long sceptre, this piece as Sear 11635 but with officina letter for the third officina, c.f. RIC 408v. rarity 2, much original silvering evident, this lightly toned, nice even strike, GEF £50 - £60 1634 Balbinus 22 April - 29 July 238 A.D., brass sestertius, Rome Mint 238 A.D., reverse reads:- CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornucopiae, Sear 8494, with a detailed pen and ink ticket, rare, with striking crack at obverse 6 o'clock [as struck], portrait with good features, GVF £350 - £400 1635 Box of corroded coins, tokens and Roman Empire, noted Carausius, a couple silver but most bronze/brass c.130. A/F (qty) £25 - £30 1636 Caracalla silver denarius, Rome Mint 210 A.D., reverse reads:- VICTORIAE BRIT, Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm, Sear 6901, GVF £50 - £60 1637 Caracalla silver denarius, Rome Mint 213 A.D., reverse reads:- P M TR P XVI COS IIII P P, Serapis standing facing, head left, raising right hand and holding sceptre in left, Sear 6829, NEF £40 - £50 1638 Carausius billon antoninianus, Head/Pax type but a strange coin which has 'turned in the die', hence portions of the bust and Pax are on both sides, oval flan, clear, F £40 - £50 1639 Charles I silver halfcrown, Group IV, type 4, foreshortened horseman, reverse:- Oval garnished shield, Spink 2779?, angular flan as issued, NF/GF £50 - £70 1640 Charles I silver shilling Tower Mint under Parliament 1642-1649, mm. Triangle within Circle 1641-1643, Group F 'Briot's' Bust type 4/4, double-arched crown, Spink 2799, obverse line of defacement down king's portrait, test cut at obverse 5 o'clock, generally above average, with good portrait, some weakness, GF £50 - £60 1641 Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under Parliament 1642-1649, mm. P within two crescents, Spink 2800, large flan but ragged before bust, reverse shield half double-struck, F/GF £40 - £50 1642 Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under the King 1625-1642, Group F 'Briot's' Bust, Type 4/4 with stellate lace collar, single-arched crown, mm. Triangle / Triangle over Sideways Anchor to the right, c.1639, under Spink 2798 but exact type not listed?, full, round, well centred, black even tone, NVF £80 - £140 1643 Cladius Albinus as Caesar under Septimius Severus, silver denarius, Rome Mint 194 A.D., reverse reads:- ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated left, holding palladium and spear, round shield at side, Sear 6146, reverse very slightly off centre, NVF £70 - £80 1644 Claudius copper quadrans, Rome Mint 42 A.D., obverse:- TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG around modus, reverse:- PON M TR P IMP P P COS I I around S C , Sear 1865, unusually for this series this piece is central and sharply struck up, slightly rough surfaces, NEF £40 - £60 1645 Commonwealth silver shilling 1653?, Spink 3217, centres weak, F £100 - £140 1646 Constantius II silver siliqua, Sisca Mint 357-361 A.D., reverse:- VOTIS XXX MVLTIS XXXX in four lines, within wreath, SIS in exergue, Sear 17953, full, round flan, hairline striking crack at obverse 7 o'clock, sharply struck producing a fine portrait, NEF/VF £50 - £60 1647 Danubian Celts imitation of a tetradrachm of Thasos, obverse:- Head of young Dionysos, right, reverse:- Herakles standing left, holding club and lion's skin, of early good style, see Sear 215,216 and 1759, with full ticket by Dr. R.Vezin, VF/GF £50 - £80 1648 Dehli Sultanate Khaljis: Muhammad II 695-715H, 1296-1316A.D., silver tankal, 26-7mm. wt.10.8g., possibly struck 701H, 1301-2A.D., with full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, VF £40 - £50 1649 Diva Faustina Senior Denarius struck by her husband Antoninus Pius, Rome Mint 147 A.D., obverse:- Draped bust right, legend:- DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, reverse:- Aeternitas, standing left, holding globe and phoenix and lifting fold of skirt, legend:- AETERNITAS, Sear 4576, NEF £50 - £70