Lockdales Auction 168 14-15 September 2019

56 1377 Antoninus Pius as possibly struck at a British Mint in 154- 155 A.D., reverse:- Britannia seated, left on rocks in dejection, Sear 4296, found River Ivel, Holme, Bigglewade, Jan 1973-1975 when river was dredged, normal small flan, GF/F £60 - £100 1378 Antoninus Pius bronze drachm of Alexandria, Egypt, reverse:- Nilus reclining left, resting on left elbow, which supports a reed , in right hand a cornucopiae, pearls at lip from which Genius issues, holding wreath in right hand, crocodile on beach in foreground, issued in year 13 = 150A.D., unusually fine condition for this series, GVF £180 - £200 1379 Antoninus Pius bronze hemidrachm, of Alexandria, Egypt, reverse:- Nilus reclining, F, with a British found as of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, reverse:- Spes, GF and lastly a billon half antoninianus of Allectus, reverse:- Galley with no rowers, London Mint and British found, GF [3] £50 - £60 1380 Antoninus Pius silver denarius, Rome Mint 152-153 A.D., reverse - Salus standing to left, feeding serpent arising from altar and holding rudder resting on globe, Sear 4075, GVF/VF £40 - £45 1381 Arcadius silver siliqua, reverse:- Roma seated, Milan Mint 397-402 A.D., Sear 20762, GVF £50 - £60 1382 Augustus and Agrippa, dupondius, struck Nemausus, Southern Gaul, c.30 B.C., obverse:- Laureate head of Augustus, at right, head of Agrippa, wearing rostral crown, at left, back to back, reverse:- Crocodile right chained to Palm Tree, Sear 1728-1731, scuffs both sides, both dies slightly off centre, even tone, GF £40 - £50 1383 Augustus as of Rome 11-12 A.D., dated series, reverse reading PONTIF MAXIM TRIBVN POT XXXIIII, Sear 1689, dies slightly off centre, F, with a denarius of Nerva a plated contemporary forgery, sold 'as seen', reverse:- Clasped hands holding legionary eagle set on prow, Sear 3021, full plating, NVF, with a billon antoninianus of Aurelian, reverse:- Sol, see Sear pp.424- 425, much silver wash stillin place, GVF and lastly a billon half-follis, struck by Constantine I in honour of Divus Constantius I, f [4] £50 - £60 1384 Augustus dupondius, struck by Caligula in honour of Divus Augustus, Rome Mint 37-41 A.D., obverse:- Bare- headed bust of Augustus left, between S C, reverse:- Augustus or Caligula seated left on curule chair, holding branch, Sear 1811var., GF £50 - £60 1385 Augustus silver denarius struck Colonia Patricia 19 B.C., reverse:- Circular shield, inscribed CL V, in quarters S P Q R, legionary standards each side, the legend:- SIGNIS RECEPTIS, Sear 1633, nice portrait, NEF/VF £130 - £150 1386 Augustus, bronze of c.26mm., of Colonia Patricia, reverse:- Wreath enclosing legend, good portrait, GF together with two modern forgeries of Ancient Greek silver tetradrachm [3] £40 - £50 1387 Bronze and silver ancient coins, one looks a forgery, Roman, Jewish, Persian, average F [17] £40 - £60 1388 Caligula as, Rome Mint 37-38 A.D., reverse:- Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre, Sear 1803, F £40 - £50 1389 Caligula copper as, Rome Mint 37-38 A.D., reverse:- Vesta seated left, Sear 1803, NVF/GF £60 - £80 1390 Carausius billon antoninianus, PAX reverse, VF/NVF with a ditto but Tacitus, reverse:- Mars, trace of silvering on obverse, GF with a ditto but Victorinus, reverse:- Fides Militvm, VF with an AE3 of Licinius II, reverse:- Jupiter, GF with a billon centenionalis of Constantius II, reverse:- Constantius II in military attire, two captive barbarians at his feet, round, well centred, VF and lastly a ditto but a billon maiorina of Decentius Caesar under Magnentus, reverse:- Two Victories holding round shield, full, round, well centred, red patina, VF [6] £60 - £70 1391 Claudius as, reverse:- Minerva, obverse legend ends IMP, Sear 1859, F, a ditto but from flan size, probably a Romano British copy [artistic style quite good], F, with a ditto but Vespasian, reverse:- Facing Eagle, Sear 2362, F/NF and lastly a ditto but of Domitian, reverse:- Moneta, small, F/NF, all from River Ivel, Bigggleswade, Jan. 1963-1965, when river was dredged, [4] £100 - £120 1392 Claudius as, reverse:- Minerva, Sear 1861, slightly barbarous, with an old ticket, F, together with a follis of Galerius Maximian as Caesar under Diocletian 293-305, reverse:- Genius, GVF/VF [2] £40 - £50