Lockdales Auction 162 26-27 January 2019

72 1669 Caracalla brass sestertius, Rome Mint 211 A.D., Sear 6921, obverse:- Laureate bust right, reverse:- Fortuna seated left, holding cornucopiae and rudder, wheel under seat, legend:- FO[RT RED P]M TR P XIIII COS [III P P S C], uneven tone, reverse surface striking stress, NVF/GF £45 - £55 1670 Charles I copper farthings, large flan types, F to VF [6] £50 - £60 1671 Charles I copper farthings, large flan types, F to VF [7] £60 - £70 1672 Charles I Rose farthings, various types, F to VF [8] £50 - £60 1673 Charles I Rose farthings, various types, F to VF [9] £60 - £70 1674 Claudius brass sestertius, Rome Mint 41-42 A.D., obverse:- Laureate bust right, legend:- TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, reverse:- Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting skirt, legend:- SPES AVGVSTA S C, Sear 1853, nice even patina, F £60 - £80 1675 Claudius brass sestertius, Rome Mint 41-42 A.D., obverse:- Laureate bust right, legend:- TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG [P M TR P IMP P P]? Sear 1849 or 1850, Oak-wreath EX SC OB CIVES SERVATOS in four lines within, surface with ancient small pits, F/NF £50 - £60 1676 Claudius brass sestertius, Rome Mint 42 A.D., obverse:- Laureate bust right, legend:- TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP P P, reverse:- Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting skirt, legend:- SPES AVGVSTA S C, Sear 1854, old pitted surface with uneven milky green patina, well centred, GF £80 - £120 1677 Commodus brass sestertius, reverse:- Providentia, with old ticket, F together with a ditto but Trajan, reverse also Providentia but with full legends, obverse:- Laureate and draped bust right, legend:- IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC PARTHICO P M TR P COS VI P P, reverse:- Providentia standing left, pointing with right hand at large globe at her feet and holding sceptre in left, legend:- PROVIDENTIA AVGVSTI S P Q R S C [with no stops], Sear 3189var, well centred with even patina, NVF [2] £125 - £175 1678 Commodus brass sestertius, Rome Mint 185 A.D., Sear 5826, obverse:- Laureate bust right, legend:- M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS [BRIT], reverse:- Victory seated right, on pile of shields, inscribing shield set on her left leg, legend:- P M TR P X IMP COS III P P S C in exergue VICT BRIT, this clearly visible, slightly rough surfaces and small ancient pits,dull GF £70 - £100 1679 Commodus brass sestertius, Rome Mint 188 A.D., Sear 5785, obverse:- Laureate bust right, legend:- [M CO]MMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG ?, reverse:- Salus seated left, feeding snake from patera which is arising from altar, legend thought to be P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P S C but this piece has overall light tool marks, probably long ago deposit was removed hence legend is cleaned 'out' the piece now has an even plum patina and quite nice portrait, GF £50 - £60 1680 Commodus brass sestertius, Rome Mint 192 A.D., Sear 5751, obverse:- Bust right clad in lion's skin head-dress, reverse:- Virtical club and legend in four lines, all within laurel-wreath, an historical piece as Commodus thought he was a reincarnation of Hercules and was strangled in 192 A.D., the year this coin was struck, hence possibly the reason it was struck on a small flan, the economic situation, scarce, F/GF £60 - £80 1681 Commodus, brass sestertius, Rome Mint 181 A.D. Sear 5794, obverse reads:- M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, Laureate bust right, reverse reads:- PROVI DEOR TR P VI IMP IIII COS II P P S C, Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe in right hand, sceptre in left, Sear 5794, VF £80 - £90 1682 Diva Faustina sestertius, reverse:- Juno, GF, with a ditto but Faustina Junior under Antoninus Pius, reverse:- Venus, GF and lastly a ditto but Faustina Junior under Marcus Aurelius, reverse:- Laetitia, GF [3] £45 - £55 1683 Domitian brass sestertius, Rome Mint 88-89 A.D., obverse:- IMP CAES DOMT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER P P, reverse:- Jupiter seated left, holding Victory and long sceptre, legend:- [IOVI] VICTORI [SC], Sear 2766var [as illustration], with old ticket, obverse with ancient surface loss, GF/F £60 - £80 1684 Elagabalus silver denarius, Rome Mint 219 A.D., reverse:- Fides Militum, Sear 7511, rough surfaces, GF a ditto but of Geta as Caesar, Rome Mint 207 A.D.,reverse:- Minerva, Sear 7186, small ancient top chip, scuffs, GF, a ditto but Severus Alexander, reverse:- Aequitas, Antioch, AD 222, Sear 7856, VF, plus 2 others of Vespasian and Trajan, probably base cores of contemporary forgeries [5] £45 - £50 1685 English jettons, four derived from the coinage of the early Edwards, look to be all different and average VF together with the later type, struck on a larger flan and depicting a gentleman sat at his accounting board, slightly rusted surfaces but NVF [5] £70 - £80 1686 Faustina silver denarius, Rome Mint 141 A.D., reverse:- Juno, Sear - , obverse scuffed [possibly a core of a contemporary forgery], GF, ditto but of Septimus Severus, Rome Mint 200 A.D., Sear 6333, GVF, ditto but of Caracalla, Rome Mint 205 A.D., Sear 6859, scuffs GF and lastly a small bronze of Theodosius I, of Antioch, see Sear 20562, with a nice pen and ink ticket, NVF [4] £45 - £50 1687 Hadrian brass sestertius Rome Mint 128 A.D., obverse:- Laureate bust right, legend:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, reverse:- Hilaritas standing left, holding long palm and cornucopiae, two children at her feet, Sear 3602, well centred, even black patina, NVF £100 - £150 1688 Hadrian brass sestertius, Rome Mint 119 A.D., Sear 3621, obverse:- Laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder, legend:- [IMP CAE]SAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS [AVG], reverse:- Jupiter seated left, holding Victory and long sceptre, legend:- PONT MAX TR POT COS III S C, a coin with much detail but surface deposit, hairline striking crack, obverse 8 o'clock, reverse with very light scuffs under magnification, NVF £80 - £120 1689 Hadrian brass sestertius, Rome Mint 123 A.D., obverse:- Laureate bust right, legend:- IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, reverse:- Concordia standing left, holding standard in each hand, that surmounted by an eagle, legend:- CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM S C, slightly rough surfaces, black patina, Sear 3582, well centred, VF/NVF £150 - £200 1690 Hadrian silver denarius, Rome Mint 128 A.D., reverse:- Annona seated, Sear 3474 obverse very light scuffs, uneven tone, good metal, GF with a ditto but Antoninus Pius, Rome Mint 142 A.D., reverse:- Apollo, Sear 4051, GF and lastly a ditto but Septimius Severus, Rome Mint 207 A.D., reverse:- Severus togate, Sear 6393, harshly cleaned and scuffed, F/GF, all with old tickets [3] £50 - £60