Lockdales Auction 168 14-15 September 2019

57 1393 Claudius copper as, Rome Mint 41-42 A.D., reverse reads:- LIBERTAS AVGVSTA S C Sear 1859, NVF/GF £40 - £50 1394 Claudius copper as, Rome Mint 41-42 A.D., reverse reads:- LIBERTAS AVGVSTA S C, Sear 1859, NVF £40 - £50 1395 Claudius dupondius, Rome Mint 41-42 A.D., reverse reads:- CERES AVGVSTA S C, Ceres enthroned holding torch and corn-ears, Sear 1855, VF £60 - £80 1396 Claudius, Messalina and Britannicus of Lydia, TralIes, bronze of c.19mm.,obverse:- Bare head of Messalina left, Laureate bust of Claudius right, reverse:- Britannicus, togate, standing left, holding two ears of corn [these not visible], with a ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, Sear 496, rare, VG £60 - £80 1397 Colonial Roman dynastic piece Tiberius, struck in Spain, c. AE29mm., obverse:- Bust of Tiberius left, reverse:- Confronted busts of Germanicus and Drusus, scarce, slightly rough surfaces and light pitting, scarce, F £50 - £60 1398 Constantine I, The Great 307-337 A.D., follis, London Mint 307-310 A.D. reverse reads:- SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Naked Sol standing to left wearing radiate crown, right arm raised, left holding globe resting on cloth, in field mint officina T F and in exergue PLN, Sear 16046, strike a little weak, GVF/VF £40 - £45 1399 Constantius small bronze, VF, Tetricus bronze, GVF/NVF, Fausta bronze, VF, Severus II as Caesar, bronze, GF, Constantius II, bronze, GVF and lastly an Arcadius bronze, NVF [6] £40 - £50 1400 Decentius Caesar under Magnentius, billon maiorina, reverse:- Two Victories with shield type, Sear Vol.V, pp.250-252, edge a little uneven, GF, with a billon half maiorina of Vetranio, reverse reads:- VIRTVS EXERCITVM as Sear 18909, obverse surface stress F/GF, both scarce [2] £40 - £50 1401 Diva Faustina Senior, silver denarius, from the 'AVGVSTA' series, F with a ditto but of Julia Domna, reverse:- Pudicitia enthroned left, RIC 644, reverse slightly off centre, sharp strike VF and lastly an ancient bronze of c.18mm., male head right / ?, F/NF [3] £40 - £50 1402 Diva Faustina, silver denarius, struck by Antoninus Pius, Rome Mint 147 A.D., reverse:- Juno, Sear 4597, GVF/VF with a billon Centenionalis of Constantine II as Caesar under Constantine I, reverse:- Victory, Sear 17146, GVF [2] £60 - £70 1403 Diva Mariniana sestertius, struck by her husband Valerian, Rome Mint 253-254 A.D., reverse:- Peacock its tail in splendour, legend:- CONSFCRATIO S C , Sear 253-254 A.D., struck on an angular flan, rare, F £50 - £60 1404 Divus Antoninus Pius silver denarius, struck Rome Mint 162 A.D., by Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, Sear 5196, NVF, together with billon antoninianus of Allectus, GF and lastly an as of Aelius Caesar, reverse:- Fortuna- Spes, F [3] £40 - £50 1405 Divus Augustus as struck by Tiberius, Rome 22-30 A.D., reverse:- Facade of altar-enclosure, Sear 1789, NF/F,with a similar but of Nero, reverse;- Victory, similar to Sear 1976 but head left, F/P, with a similar but of Drusus, Sear 1794, F/Fair, with a similar but of Caligula, reverse:- Vesta, Sear 1803, F, together with 3 further similar pieces one of which is a modern? forgery of a dupondius of Claudius reverse:- Ceres [7] £100 - £150 1406 Divus Augustus, as struck by Tiberius, Rome Mint, 15- 16 A.D., obverse:- Radiate bust left, thunderbolt before, reverse:- Livia seated to right, holding patera and sceptre, Sear 1788, GF, with billon tetradrachm of Nero and Poppaea of Alexandria, Egypt, Sear 2002, GF [2] £40 - £50 1407 Divus Marciana silver denarius, struck by Trajan in honour of his deceased sister, Eagle standing right, wings half-open, head left, Sear 3329, sold 'as seen', VF, with a ditto but of Pertinax, reverse:- Liberalitas, Sear 6042, sold 'as seen', GF [2] £40 - £50 1408 Divus Nigrinian, billon antoninianus struck by Carinus, Rome Mint 284-285 A.D., reverse:- Eagle standing facing, wings open, head right, legend:- CONSECRATIO, Sear - , but see p.523, rare, this piece from flan size is probably a near comtemporary copy, but of good style, VF £150 - £200 1409 Divus Pertinax struck by Septimius Severus, Rome Mint 193 A.D., reverse reads:- CONSECRATIO, eagle, wings open, standing front, on globe, head left, Sear 6547, rare, VF £150 - £250 1410 Domitian copper as, Rome Mint 86 A.D., reverse:- Fides standing right, holding dish of fruits and corn-ears and poppy, Sear 2804, found River Ivel, Biggleswade, Jan.1973-1975, when river was dredged, obverse slightly off centre, NVF/GF £50 - £60 1411 Domitian copper as, Rome Mint 90-91 A.D., reverse:- Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae, Sear 2807, found River Ivel, Biggleswadr, Jan-1973- 1975, when river was dredged, slightly roygh surfaces, NVF £50 - £60 1412 Drusus copper as, Rome 23 A.D., reverse reads:- PONTIF TRIBVN POTEST ITER around central S C, Sear 1794, GF/NVF £40 - £50