Lockdales Auction 167 13-14 July 2019

120 2231 Sasanian Empire, Ardeshir III 628-630 A.D., AR 32, wt.4.07g Drachm, of year 2, full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, rare, large flan, EF £100 - £120 2232 Septimius Severus, sestertius, Rome Mint 194 A.D., reverse reads:- ADVENTVI AVG FELICISSIMO S C , Severus on prancing horse, right, with right hand raised, soldier holding vexillum, walking right, looking back, leading horse, scarce, nice portrait, GVF/VF £250 - £280 2233 Severus Alexander silver denarius, Rome Mint 223 A.D., reverse:- Providentia standing left, holding rod and sceptre, globe at feet, Sear 7921, EF £40 - £50 2234 Small parcel of mostly English silver hammered pieces and a silver twopence of Charles II, 1684, one holed, a few chipped, various grades [31], £60 - £80 2235 Tiberius gold aureus, Lugdunum Mint a little after 16 A.D., Sear 1760, obverse:- Laureate bust right, legend:- TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS [reading outwards], reverse:- Seated female [Livia Drusilla?], right, holding long sceptre and branch, legend:- PONTIF MAXIM [reading outwards], reverse very slightly off centre, under magnification, overall very small marks, EF £2500 - £3000 2236 Trajan silver denarius reverse:- Victory advancing left, holding wreath and trophy, Sear 3147var., light scuff across reverse field, NVF/GF with a ditto of Septimius Severus, reverse:- Jupiter, naked standing between two children, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, Sear 6345, GVF and lastly a ditto but of Caracalla as Caesar under Septimius Severus 195-198 A.D., reverse:-Caracalla standing left beside a military trophy, all on ground line, VF/NVF [3] £60 - £80 2237 Trajan silver denarius, Rome Mint 107 A.D., reverse:- Spes advancing left, Sear 3127, ancient test cut above portrait, reverse slightly off centre, GF together with a follis of Constantius I as Caesar under Maximian i, 293- 305, Trier Mint 296-297 A.D., reverse:- Genius of the Roman People, Sear 14035, VF with just a hint of silvering, [2] £60 - £80 2238 Vabalathus and Aurelian, joint reign 270-272 A.D., antoninianus struck in Antioch, their busts each side, that of Vabalathus with ribbon and laurel wreath on head, that of Aurelian wearing radiate crown, Sear 11718, reverse slightly off centre, NEF £50 - £60 2239 Vespasian silver denarius, Sear 2282, F, a ditto but Trajan, RSC II, p.91, 234, VF, 2 x ditto of Septimius Severus, one with elephant walking right, RSC Vol.III, p.34, GF and F, with a silver siliqua [unclipped] of Valens, probably Sear 19677 of Rome, couple of very small ancient edge losses, NVF and lastly a ditto, again unclipped but some ancient edge loss, of Julian II, Sear 19122, of Lugdunium, GF [6] £70 - £90 Artefacts 2240 Ancient Chinese ca.200 AD celadon decorated bowl, 190x50mm £40 - £60 2241 Ancient Chinese Han dynasty ca.221-206 bc ceramic horse head, 150x150mm £150 - £200 2242 Ancient Chinese Ming ca.1368 - 1644 AD glazed terracotta attendant holding box, 250mm £100 - £120