Lockdales Auction 167 13-14 July 2019

119 2218 Probus 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, trampling seated barbarian who has his hands tied behind his back,full, round, well centred, much silvering evident, GEF £55 - £60 2219 Probus billon antoninianus of the Siscia Mint c. 280 A.D., obverse reads:- IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear over shoulder, round shield against body, reverse reads:- PAX AVG, mint officina XXI VI = year 6, Pax standing left, holding transverse long sceptre and olive-branch, Sear 12000var., being obverse C/h, nice portrait, hint of silvering, EF/NEF £40 - £50 2220 Robert II of Scotland silver halfpenny, obverse:- Crowned bust left, sceptre before, legend:- +ROBERTVS REX, reverse:- Four stars of 20 points within angles of cross, legend:- VILA EIDIBBVR, Edinburgh Mint with an unusual rendering, Spink 5152, struck on a large but slightly irregular flan, a small area of weakness on legend each side, good portrait, scarce, VF £450 - £475 2221 Roman Imperial silver antoniniani, Philip I x 2, Salonina, Gordian III x 2 and lastly Trajan Decius, avarage GF to VF [6] £95 - £110 2222 Roman Imperial silver antoniniani, Trajan Decius, Gordian III x 2, Philip I x 2, Trebonianus Gallus and lastly Volusion, average GF-VF [7] £110 - £130 2223 Roman Republican silver denarius of Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, Spanish Mint 76-75 B.C., obverse:- Diademed and draped bust of the Genius of the Roman People, right, bearded, sceptre behind, G.P.R. above, reverse:- Globe between angled wreathed sceptre and rudder, EX SC in left and right fields, below CN LEN Q, below, lightly toned, GEF/EF £125 - £175 2224 Roman Republican silver denarius of C.Servilius, Rome Mint 127 A.D. obverse:- Helmeted head of Roma right, star on neck plate, XVI in monogram below chin, lituus behind, ROMA below, reverse:- Two mounted horsemen fighting, one with spear the other with sword, sear 140var. = RSC Vol.I, p.88, 6, ancient test cut on edge [small], round, well centred, VF with a follis of Galerius as Caesar under Diocletian 293-305 A.D., reverse:- Moneta, possibly the Mint of Aquileia A.D. 301 A.D., Fair [2] £50 - £60 2225 Roman Republican silver denarius of M.Junius Silanus, Rome Mint 145 B.C., Helmeted head of Roma right, X below chin, ass's head behind / Diioseuri galloping right, with levelled lances, Sear 96, both dies very slightly off centre, EF £80 - £100 2226 Roman Republican silver denarius of Pinarius Natta, Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind / Victory in biga right, RSC Vol.I, p.72, 2, Sear 77, round and well centred, EF £80 - £100 2227 Roman Republican silver denarius of Scipio, committed suicide 46 B.C., probably struck at the North African Mint of Utica, obverse:-Laureate head of Jupiter, right, reverse:- African elephant, trunk raised, walking right, Sear 1379, VF £160 - £180 2228 Roman Republican silver denarius of T.Annius Rufus or Aurelius Rufus [see note to Sear 97], Rome Mint 144 B.C., obverse:- Helmeted head of Roma, wearing necklace, X behind, reverse:- Jupiterin quadriga right, holding long sceptre? and brandishing thunderbolt, well centred and round, EF £80 - £100 2229 Roman Republican silver denarius, of 58 B.C., of M.Aemilius Scaurus and P.Plautius Hypsaeus, commemorating the capture and defeat of King Aretas of Nabataea, type as Sear 379, with scorpion below horses, GF £40 - £45 2230 Roman winged phallus of c. 28mm., carved from a piece of bone, found on the 1st. June 2009, field walking at Wetheringsett cum Brockford, Suffolk, near the old Roman Road to Caister Saint Edmunds, this type of artifact was often associated with the Roman Army and dated c.40-c.400 A.D., these are thought to be protective charms and those with suspension attactments possibly worn as a fertility charm, sold with the PAS report SF- EE7435, which includes line drawings £80 - £100