Lockdales Auction 165 18-19 May 2019

115 2104 Ancient Greek & Persian drachms (5): 2x Persian, VF and porous GF; a posthumous Alexander the Great F/GF; Illyria cow and calf VF, and a modern forgery of a Carthage half drachm(?) £60 - £80 2105 Antoninus Pius copper as, probably struck at a British Mint 154-155 A.D., reverse:- Defeated Britannia seated on rocks left, right elbow on right knee and hand propping up head, left arm supporting body, large round body shield and vexillum in background, Sear 4296, clear, F £50 - £60 2106 Antoninus Pius silver denarius, Rome Mint 148-149 A.D., reverse:- Salus standing to left, feeding serpent arising from altar and holding rudder resting on globe, nice portrait, Sear 4075, GVF/VF £40 - £45 2107 Antoninus Pius silver denarius, Rome Mint 152-153 AD. Reverse reads:- COS IIII, Vesta standing left holding simpulum and palladium. Sear 4065, nEF £50 - £60 2108 Augustus silver denarius, Colonia Patricia Mint 19 BC. Reverse reads:- SIGNIS RECEPTIS, Mars Ultor standing left, looking right, holding legionary eagle and standard. Sear 1632, GVF £250 - £280 2109 Byzantine copper follis, Constantinople Mint, anonymous Class A2 (time of Basil II 976-1025 AD). Obverse:- Bust of Christ facing, holding Book of Gospels, IC to left and XC to right. Reverse legend 'Jesus, Christ, King of, Kings' in four lines. Sear 1813. Rarely this good, nEF £30 - £40 2110 Caligula fourée denarius, Lugdunum Mint 37 AD, in honour of Divus Augustus. Obverse:- Bare head of Caligula right. Reverse:- No legend, radiate head of Augustus right between two stars. Sear 1808, RIC 6 = R5, pierced and then plugged (at 7 o'clock obverse, 10 o'clock rev.) £80 - £120 2111 Caracalla silver denarius, Laodicea Mint 199 A.D., reverse reads:- FELICITAS AVGG Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae, Sear 6798, large ovel shaped flan, with early boyish portrait, NEF/GVF £40 - £50 2112 Caracalla silver denarius, Rome Mint 203 AD. Reverse reads:- VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing left, holding Victory and spear. Sear 6903, EF £50 - £60 2113 Charles I Civil War, Newark Siege Piece Ninepence, spelled 'NEWARKE' 1645, S.3145, ex Ludlow Sale 17/4/89, toned VF, holed for the wearer (at the base). These are often seen pierced in this way, to be worn as a Royalist medal, as evidence of having served during the siege. £600 - £800 2114 Charles I gold unite, Tower Mint under Charles I 1625- 1642, mm. Negro's Head 1626-1627, Group B, Second Bust, Spink 2687, a very small area of weakness each side otherwise, full, round, well centred, strike, VF/GVF (Phillips Collection) £1200 - £1500 2115 Charles I silver half-pound, Oxford Mint, 1642-1646, Declaration Type, obverse:- Charles I on horseback left, holding upright sword, walking over cannon and arms, reverse:- Declaration reads:- RELIG PROT LEG ANG LIBER PAR, three plumes above, 1642 below, mm. Plume with bands, on obverse only, same dies as SCBI 33, Brooker Collection 867, same obverse die as 866 and 868, all plate LXXX, Spink 2946, short striking split at obverse 6 o'clock, round and well centred, VF/GVF (Phillips Collection) £2500 - £3000 2116 Commodus silver denarius, Rome Mint 192 A.D., reverse legend:- P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P, Fides Militum standing left, holding standard with knotty shaft and cornucopiae, star in left field, Sear 5684, round and well centred, AEF £75 - £95