Lockdales Auction 158 15-16 September 2018

77 1689 James VI Scottish silver thirty shillings, mm. Thistle, Spink 5503, full, round, well centred, striking crack at obverse 7 o,clock, NF £60 - £80 1690 Julia Mamaea silver denarius, Rome Mint 230 A.D., reverse reads:- FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas seated left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, Sear 8210, nice central striking, EF £40 - £50 1691 Julia Paula silver denarius, Rome Mint 219 A.D., reverse reads:- CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left, on curule chair, holding patera and double cornucopiae, Sear 7657, well centred, VF £60 - £70 1692 Julius Caesar [lifetime issue], gold aureus Rome Mint 46 B.C., obverse:- Veiled head of Vesta? legend:- C CAESAR COS TER, reverse:- Jug between lituus and axe, legend:- A HIRTIVS PR, Sear 1395purchased in London in the 1960's by an Essex family, GVF/NEF Shares a reverse die with a specimen sold at Goldberg 9 th January 2018, lot 426. £1000 - £1500 1693 Lucilla silver denarius, Rome Mint 164-166 A.D., reverse reads:- CONCORDIA, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae an resting on column, Sear 5481, good metal, GF £50 - £55 1694 Macedon as a Roman Protectorate, silver tetradrachm, 158-149 B.C., obverse:- Macedonian shield, bust of Artemis Tauropolos at centre, right, reverse:- Horizontal club, legend above and below, all within oak wreath, thunderbolt at extreme left, Sear 1386, with a full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, NEF/EF £80 - £120 1695 Macedonia, Uranopolis, silver tetradrachm of c.300-290 B.C., 'Alexander III' posthumous, obverse:- Head of Young Herakles, right, reverse:- Zeus seated left on backless throne, one leg pulled back, holding eagle and long sceptre, with a full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, piece of metal removed obverse from back of head and another metal test across upper leg of Zeus, in antiquity, scarce, VF £60 - £80 1696 Macrinus silver denarius, Rome Mint 217 A.D., reverse reads:- FIDES MILITUM, Fides Militum standing facing, head right, holding standard in each hand, Sear 7345, very small area of ancient edge loss at 1 to 2 o'clock, nice portrait, EF £80 - £90 1697 Magnentius billon heavy maiorina, AmbianumMint 352 A.D., reverse reads:- VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two victories standing facing each other, holding Christogram topped wreath encircling VOT/ V/ MVLT/ X in exergue AMB followed by crescent, Sear 18817, with old ticket stating 'Ex. Freckenham Hoard', superb dark glossy patina, GEF £40 - £50 1698 Marcus Aurelius silver denarius, Rome Mint 163 A.D., reverse reads:- CONCORD AVG TR P XVII COS III, Concordia standing left holding patera and resting left arm on statuette of Spes, cornucopiae placed under seat, Sear 4882var. striking crack at reverse 1 o'clock but as struck, superb portrait, good metal, EF £50 - £60 1699 Maximian billon antoninianus, First Reign 286-305 A.D., Lugdunum Mint 286 A.D., obverse reads:- IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, reverse reads:- VIRTVS AVGG, Hercules standing right, resting on club wrapped in lion's skin and set on rock, officina 'C' in left field, Sear 13182 £40 - £50 1700 Maximian First Reign 286-305 A.D., silver argenteus, Rome Mint 294-295 A.D., obverse reads:- MAXIMIANVS AVG, Laureate bust right, reverse reads:- VIRTVS MILITVM, triangle officina mark in exergue, the four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod-altar, military camp in the background, with an old ticket, Sear 13098, EF £300 - £350 1701 Maximinus I brass sestertius, Rome Mint 235-236 A.D., reverse reads:- FIDES MILITVM S C, Fides Militum standing left holding standard in each hand, Sear 8327, GVF £55 - £65 1702 Maximinus II Caesar under Galerius Maximian, May 305 to May 310 A.D., billon follis, Trier Mint 305-307 A.D., obverse reads:- GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, reverse reads:- GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, turreted, standing left mint officina S F in field, PTR in exergue, Sear 14739, well centred and a good even strike, dark GVF £70 - £80