Lockdales Auction 165 18-19 May 2019

118 2147 Mary silver groat, reverse reads:- VERITAS, Spink 2492, two very small pieces missing from edge, F £100 - £120 2148 Philip and Mary silver groat, reverse reads:- POSVIMVS, Spink 2508, crinkled flan, F £60 - £80 2149 Postumus silver antoninianus, struck Cologne 262-265 A.D., Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae, Sear 10962, large, slightly ragged flan, hairlines but as struck, VF/F £50 - £60 2150 Primary Saxon silver sceat c.675-c.710 A.D., Series A 2a variety, Jewelled and radiate crowned bust right, resting on crescent, V behind bust HIC before, reverse:- Pelleted standard, pellet at centre, TTI I around, single symbol in each quarter, Spink 775 [under], NEF/EF £190 - £220 2151 Probus billon antoninianus, Rome Mint 278-280 A.D., officina R crescent S = 6, obverse:- Helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding round shield and spear over shoulder, reverse:- Probus on horseback left, right hand raised, sceptre in left, trampling seated barbarian who has his hands tied behind his back, full round, well centred, much silvering still present, GEF £60 - £65 2152 Roman Imperial bronzes, mostly early, some colonial, some imitations and including 3 x sestertii, 2 x Hadrian and Faustina, NF to F [25] £60 - £80 2153 Roman Imperial bronzes, mostly look to be late, 5 trays, various grades £500 - £600 2154 Roman Imperial silver denarii, all look to be early Imperial, including 2 x Trajan, 2 x Hadrian [one holed, one edge chipped], 3 x Julia Domna and 7 others, F to GVF [14] £110 - £160 2155 Scottish silver penny of Alexander III, 24 points, open 'C' and 'E', thick-waisted 'S', unbarred 'A', Spink 5053, full, round, well centred even strike, VF £80 - £100 2156 Secondary Phase, Anglo-Saxon silver sceat, c.710-c.760 A.D., Series G Type 3a, Spink 800, Single stranded, pellet ended diademed bust, right, gazing heavenward, Christian Cross before, reverse:- Beaded standard, annulet enclosing pellet at centre, 3 salires and a trefoil of pellets, in quarters, cross above, near as struck, very small minting fault before obverse cross, [as struck] NUNC £200 - £250 2157 Septimius Severus silver denarius, Rome Mint 205 AD. Reverse:- FELICITAS AVGG, Felicitas standing left holding caduceus and cornucopia. Sear 6273, EF £55 - £65 2158 Septimius Severus, silver denarius, Rome Mint 204 A.D., reverse reads:- VICT PART MAX, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, Sear 6372, with some short hairlines but as struck, well centred, NEF £40 - £45 2159 Septimius Severus, silver denarius, Rome Mint 209 A.D., reverse reads:- P M TR P VI I COS I I I P P, Salus seated left, feeding serpent, seated in lap, RSC Vol. III, p.40, 531, GVF £35 - £45 2160 Severus Alexander silver denarius, Rome Mint 231 AD. Rev:- IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter advancing to front, head right, brandishing thunderbolt held in right hand. Sear 7870, superb medallic strike and about mint state with much original finish. £80 - £90 2161 Severus I I billon follis as Caesar under Constantius I 305- 306 A.D., obverse reads:- SEVERVS NOBILISSIMVS CAESAR, reverse:- Genius of the Roman People, no mint officina but given to London, Sear 14630, with 2 old tickets, even colour, GF £40 - £50 2162 The Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, a bronze of c. 29mm. of Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145 B.C., Diademed head of zeus Ammon right / Two eagles standing left on thunderbolt, single cornucopiae before, Sear 7901 but size as 7900, GF £50 - £60 2163 Trajan silver denarius, Rome Mint 107 AD. Reverse:- COS V PP SPQR OPTIMO PRINC, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt. Sear 3127, EF £100 - £120 2164 Umayyad Dirhams x 5, Abbasid dirhams x 9, plus a 2 schilling of the early 17th. century of Mecklenburg, some with packets or tickets, various grades, two chipped [15] £70 - £80 2165 Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian, silver denarius, Rome Mint 69-70 A.D., obverse:- Laureate head of Vespasian, legend:- IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, reverse:- Bare headed busts facing of Titus and Domitian, legend:- CAESAR AVG F COS CAESAR AVG F PR, this propaganda piece is quite rare, good metal, GF £250 - £280 2166 Viking East Anglia silver penny, St. Edmund Memorial Coinage, Spink 960, produced by the 'fine detail workshop', with a known moneyers name, obverse reads:- +SC EADMVND RE, reverse reads:- +ADRADVS VVONE ['M' upsidedown], moneyer Adradus, the cataloguer knows of only one other struck from this reverse die. Sold Lockdales 133, 19-20.3.2016, lot 1474, full, round, well centred, near as struck, GEF £500 - £600