Lockdales Auction 164 16-17 March 2019

103 1725 Aurelian billon silver-washed antoninianus, Ticinum Mint 274 AD. Rev: ORIENS AVG. Sol advancing left between two captives. RIC 151 (Sear 11572 sim.) Much original finish, almost mint state. £45 - £55 1726 Caligula brass sestertius, Rome Mint 40-41 A.D., Sear 1802, obverse:- Pietas seated left, holding patera and resting left elbow on statuette, in exergue PIETAS, reverse:- Hexastyle Temple of Divus Augustus, in left and right fields DIVO / AVG, S / C, Caligula stands left before altar, sacrificing bull, an attendant stands each side, with old ticket, very light scuffs, GF £350 - £400 1727 Caracalla silver denarius, Rome Mint 214 AD. Rev: PM TRP XVII COS IIII PP. Caracalla standing left holding branch and baton. RIC 246. Much original finish, near mint state. £70 - £80 1728 Charles I gold unit, Tower Mint under the King 1625-1642, mm. Cross Calvary 1625-1626, Group B, Second Bust, in ruff, armour and mantle, double- arched crown, reverse square topped shield, Spink 2687, found 2018 in a garden, in Walton, Felixstowe, Suffolk 2018, a building having been on the site since the 16th. century, full and round, central bend which has turned into a hairline crack into the legend at obverse 11 o'clock, GF £750 - £1000 1729 Charles I silver groat of Exeter 1643-1646, mm. Rose, 1644 at beginning of obverse legend, see Spink 3088, flan crinkled and cracked, denomination defaced, nice portrait, scarce, GF £160 - £180 1730 Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under the King 1625-1642, mm.Crown 1635-1636, Group III, third horseman, Type 3a1, scarf flying from King's waist, Spink 2773, Ex. DNW 20.6.2006, lot 394, with old ticket, flan nice and round for the period, well centred, very small area of graffiti behind horse, F/VF £140 - £160 1731 Charles I silver hammered halfpenny and half-groat (1625-42) and Charles II silver milled undated one penny and three penny. (4 coins) £40 - £45 1732 Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under Parliament, 1642-1649, mm. Sun 1645-1646, tall coarse narrow bust, Spink 2802, very dark tone, usual uneven flan, F/NVF £60 - £70 1733 Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under the King 1625-1642, mm. Anchor, possibly Spink 2796 [crown not clear], small flat areas each side, F/GF £40 - £45 1734 Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under the King 1625-1642, mm. Lis 1625, Group A, Second Bust, double-arched-crown only upper jewelled, Spink 2782, full, round, well centred, weak on bust, a little double-struck on reverse shield, light graffiti before bust, GF/NVF £200 - £225 1735 Charles II hammered silver penny, Third Issue, with mark of value and inner circles, mm. Crown, Spink 3327, a little cabinet tone, nice portrait, NVF £80 - £100 1736 Charles II hammered silver penny, with mark of value and inner circles, looks to have crown mm, reverse, NVF £30 - £40 1737 Divus Vespasian silver denarius struck by Titus, Rome Mint 80 AD. Rev: S C on circular shield supported by two Capricorns back to back, globe below. Sear 2569. GVF £80 - £90 1738 Edward I silver halfpenny, obverse reads:- EDWARDVS REX AN reverse reads:- CIVITAS LONDON, Spink 1450, F/GF, Ireland silver penny of Edward IV, sun? and rose by neck, rose and - by crown, reverse central rose, two quarters 2 suns and rose other two quarters 2 roses and sun, Spink 152 seems unlisted?, GF [2] £50 - £75 1739 Edward III, gold quarter-noble, Treaty Period 1361- 1369, Lis in centre of reverse, Spink 1510, very lightly crinkled, slightly under weight, GF £300 - £350 1740 Edward IV Second Reign 1471-1483, silver groat, London Mint, mm. Heraldic Cinquefoil 1480-1483, rose on breast, Spink 2100, small, nice portrait, VF £180 - £220 1741 Edward IV silver groat of London, Heavy Coinage 1461-1464, mm. Rose 1464-1465, quatrefoils at neck, reverse eye after TAS, Spink 1998, black deposit in fourth quarter of the reverse, otherwise, nice portrait NEF/VF £280 - £320 1742 Edward IV , Second Reign 1471-1483, silver penny of York, Archbishop Neville, no marks by neck, quatrefoil in centre of reverse, mm. not visible, possibly Spink 2127, GF £50 - £60