Lockdales Auction 168 14-15 September 2019

58 1413 Egypt, Antinoopolites Nome, lead tessera, obverse:- Antinous, favorite of Hadrian, draped bust right, wearing hem-hem crown of Harpocrates, crescent before, Reverse:- Nike walking right, rare, sold with export licence from Israel, very small nick on edge, F £200 - £300 1414 Flavius Victor bronze half-centenionalis, struck at Constantia/Arles 387-388 A.D., reverse:- Gateway of military camp with two towers with star between, Sear 20674, nice, full, round, well centred coin, scarce, GF £40 - £60 1415 Galba silver denarius, regular series, Rome Mint, Nov.68-Jan.69, reverse:- Livia standing left, holding patera and sceptre, legend:- DIVA AVGVSTA, Sear 2102, rare, good metal, GF £175 - £225 1416 Gallienus antoninianus, Abundantia type, RIC 157, 22mm, 4.45g, GVF with some silvering intact. £25 - £35 1417 Germanicus as, struck by Caligula, Sear 1821-1822, test mark on edge, F, with a dupondius of Nerva, reverse:- Clasped hands, possibly Sear 3056, Fair, together with 11 minor ancients and a holed European silver hammered, [14] £40 - £45 1418 Gordian III 238-244 A.D., bronze assaria of c. 26mm., of Moesia Inferior, Nicopolis ad Istrum, reverse:- Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae, Pick 2081var., of even colour, VF/GVF £40 - £45 1419 Hannibalianus billon reduced centenionalis, struck Constantinople 336-337 A.D., reverse reads:- SECVRITAS PVBLICA in exergue CONST, last letter possibly an 'S', the river God Euphrates reclining right, obverse seems to read:- HANNIBALIAN[ ] for ANNIBALLIANO, as Sear 16905var. but struck on a larger module, obverse off centre, F/NVF £60 - £80 1420 Herennius Etruscus sestertius, under Trajan Decius, Rome Mint 250-251 A.D., reverse:- Herennius Etruscus, in military attire, holding spear and baton, legend:- PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS S C, Sear 9534, VF £75 - £100 1421 Julia Domna, silver denarius, Laodicea Mint 199 A.D., reverse:- Venus, Sear 6609, oval flan NVF/GF, together with a ditto but Plautilla, Rome Mint 203 A.D., reverse:- Pietas standing front, head right, child in her left arm and with right hand raised, Sear 7072, VF [2] £40 - £50 1422 Julian II The Apostate, silver siliqua, mint Constantine/Arles 357-360 A.D., reverse:- VOTIS V MVLTIS X within wreath, in exergue TCON, Sear 19046, GVF £60 - £70 1423 Julius Caesar silver denarius, North African Mint 47-46 B.C., obverse:- Diademed head of Venus right, no legend, reverse:- Aeneas walking left, head facing and holding Palladium, Anchises, his father sits on his left shoulder, Sear 1402, attempted piercing, reverse, next to the legend CAESAR, with a ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, VF £60 - £80 1424 Julius Caesar silver denarius, obverse:- Elephant trampling on serpent, reverse:- Simpulum, sprinkler, axe and apex, Sear 1399, this looks to be a very old forgery and thus is sold 'as seen', reverse off centre and the piece as had a hard time, rough surfaces, F £40 - £45 1425 Julius Caesar silver denarius, struck Italy 49 B.C., obverse Elephant walking right, trampling on serpent, below the legend CAESAR, reverse:- Emblems of the pontificate, simpulum, sprinkler, axe and apex, Sear 1390, reverse a little off centre, VF £250 - £300 1426 Macrian usurper in the East 260-261, billon antoninianus, uncertain Syrian Mint, reverse:- Spes advancing left, Sear 10811, with a 'sandy' patina, VF £40 - £50 1427 Macrinus silver denarius Rome Mint 217 A.D., reverse reads:- IOVI CONSERVATORI, jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, without the small figure of Macrinus at his feet, Sear 7338, VF £40 - £50 1428 Marcus Aurelius copper as, reverse:- Clasped hands holding legionary eagle, sear 5058, interesting and scarce, dark. GF with a ditto but Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, Mar advancing right carrying spear and trophy, Sear 4842, edge uneven at one point [as struck], quite nice portrait, dark, NVF, both found River Ivel, Jan. 1963-1965 when river was dredged, [2] £50 - £60 1429 Marius billon antoninianus, reverse:- Victory, see Sear p.378, scarce, GF/NF £40 - £50 1430 Maximian billon follis, Post-abdication coinage, obverse:- Laureate bust of Maximian right, wearing consular robes and holding mappa and branch, legend:- D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG, reverse:- Providentia standing right, Quies standing left, legend:- PROVIDENTIA DEOR QVIES AVGG. pellet in right field, in exergue S T, Sear 13390var, slightly rough surfaces, hint of silvering, NVF £40 - £50