Lockdales Auction 164 16-17 March 2019

105 1762 Elizabeth I silver sixpence, Third and Fourth Issues 1561-1577, mm. Eglantine 1573-1578 and dated 1574, Sear 2563, small edge chip at obverse 3 o'clock from which runs a surface crack, GF £50 - £60 1763 Elizabeth I silver threepence, Third and Fourth Issue 1561-1577, mm. Ermine 1572-1573 and dated 1572 over 1570, Spink 2566, good bust NVF £50 - £60 1764 Elizabeth I (copy) East India Company Trade Coinage 'Portcullis' silver Eight Testerns. Spink 2607A. A good silver copy of this rarity. nVF £100 - £150 1765 France, Normandy, Richard I Sans Peur 943-996 silver denier of Rouen. Obv: '+RICARDVS I' around cross and pellets centre. / Rev: '+ROTOMAGUS' (Rouen) around 'temple'. Poey D'Avant 112 var. From the Fécamp Hoard (Normandy). Little actual wear, good silver, EF £100 - £120 1766 Geta as Caesar silver denarius, Laodicea ad Mare Mint 200 AD. Rev: VICT AETERN. Victory standing left holding open wreath over shield set on base. Sear 7205 var. RIC 101. Much original finish, well-struck GEF, scarce. £100 - £120 1767 Geta as Caesar under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, silver denarius, Rome Mint 207 A.D., obverse:- Boyish, cuirassed and draped bust, right, reverse:- Minerva standing left, resting on shield and spear, Sear 7186, EF £45 - £55 1768 Gordian III silver antoninianus, Rome Mint 241-242 AD. Rev: 'P M TR P IIII COS II P P' Apollo seated left, holding laurel branch and resting arm on lyre. Sear 8645, much original mint finish, well struck GEF £35 - £45 1769 Gordian III silver denarius, Eastern Mint Antioch(?) 242-244 AD. Rev: SAECVLI FELICITAS. Gordian in military attire standing right, holding spear and globe. Sear 8659. nEF £30 - £40 1770 Group of billon antoniniani of Gallienus, average VF [10] £30 - £40 1771 Group of billon antoniniani of Gallienus, Salonina and Claudius II, average VF [10] £30 - £40 1772 Hadrian 117-138 A.D., silver cistophorus of Aezani Phrygia, struck 129-132 A.D., obverse:- Bust of Hadrian, bare headed, cuirassed and draped, right, legend:- HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, reverse:- Zeus Aezineis with beaded diadem, standing front, head left, left hand holding beaded long sceptre, right hand outstretched holding seated eagle, wings open, head turned right, legend COS III, Metcalf 49, 220- 225, this the 8th. recorded specimen, all examples are overstruck, with ticket by Dr. R.Vezin, rare, nEF £400 - £500 1773 Hadrian orichalcum sestertius, Rome Mint 127 AD. Rev: COS III SC. Roman seated left on cuirass, holding Victory and cornucopia. Sear 3585. GVF with old ticket. £150 - £180 1774 Hadrian silver denarius, reverse reads:- P M TR P COS III in exergue [CO]NCOR[D]?, seated female, left, holding patera and branch, seems not to be in Sear, reverse struck slightly low, good metal, VF £50 - £60 1775 Hammered coins (13) - all silver - various types, mostly detector finds. £30 - £35 1776 Hammered coins (4) - comprising Edward VI debased silver shilling, Queen Mary silver groat, James I silver Irish shilling (clipped) and James I silver half-groat - mostly quite worn apart from the James I half-groat which is probably good fine. £30 - £35 1777 Hammered cut pennies etc. (12 in all) £30 - £35 1778 Hammered Medieval Long Cross pennies (10) - mostly Edward I, 7 London Mint and 3 Canterbury - mixed condition. £50 - £60 1779 Hammered silver coins (11) - various, mostly detector finds. £30 - £35