Lockdales Auction 170 16-17 November 2019

102 2091 USA Post-Colonial copper Washington Double-Head Cent, GF £45 - £55 2092 USA Shield Nickels (2): 1867 no rays Fine, scratches on edge, and 1868 VF £50 - £60 2093 USA silver 3-Cent 1853 Fine. £30 - £35 Ancient & Hammered Coins 2094 Alexander III silver drachm, Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos, obverse:- Head of youthful Herakles right, clad in lion's skin, reverse:- Zeus seated left on stool with no back, holding eagle and long sceptre, right leg pulled back, this leg exhibits clothing with frayed edge, five pointed star below stool, forepart of lion before, below this a Greek letter, Muller 21, GVF £80 - £100 2095 Alexander III silver tetradrachm, obverse:- Head of youthful Herakles right, clad in lion's skin, reverse:- Zeus seated left on stool with no back, holding eagle and sceptre, right leg pulled back, Sear pp.622-623, GVF £80 - £100 2096 Alexandrian billon tetradrachm, first of Gallienus, reverse:- Eagle standing, left, wings closed, wreath in beak [no palm in field] Sear 10582var., GVF, next Diocletian, reverse:- Tyche reclining left, on couch, holding rudder, Sear 12854, NVF/VF and lastly Maximian, reverse:- Eagle standing left wings closed, head right, wreath in beak, star in field, similar to Sear 13341 but year 2, NVF, all with old tickets [3] £40 - £50 2097 Ancient Greece silver tetradrachm of Archelaus, 413-399 A.D. of the Macedonian Kingdom, obverse:- Young male head right, wearing tainia, reverse:- Bridled horse standing right, left foreleg raised, all in linear incuse square,Sear 1495, GVF £400 - £450 2098 Ancient Greek bronze of 12-13 mm., of Sidon, Phoenicia, obverse:- Turreted head of Tyche right, palm branch over right shoulder, reverse:- Astarte standing left, on prow, with full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, scarce, VF together with a bronze unit of the Trinovantes, Dubnovellaunos, ABC 2410, Head right / Horse left, VF/F [2] £40 - £50 2099 Ancient Greek bronze of 17mm., of the Macedonian Kingdom, Philip II, obverse:- Young male head, left, reverse:- Galloping horse, left with boy rider, with a full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, VF £30 - £40 2100 Ancient Greek silver drachm of Corinth, obverse:- Pegasos with pointed wing, flying left, koppa beneath, reverse:- Head of Aphrodite right, hair in sakkos, A behind, Sear 2633, test cut into top edge. VF £50 - £60 2101 Ancient Greek silver drachm of Tarentium, Taras, obverse:- Naked youth on prancing horse, left, placing his right hand on the horses head, below an anchor, all on groundline, reverse:- Naked Taras seated left, on dolphin, holding Nike in his right hand, who in turn holds a wreath [this off the flan], in left hand a sceptre, Sear 383var., well centred, GVF £80 - £100 2102 Ancient Greek silver hemidrachm of Myndos, Caria, obverse:- Head of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, thyrsos behind neck, reverse:- Winged thunderbolt, Sear 4917, with full ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, obverse a little off centre, VF £60 - £80 2103 Ancient Greek silver stater of Boeotia, Thebes, obverse:- Boeotian shield, reverse:- Central amphora, nothing in field above, magistrates name across field KA BI, Sear p.226, NEF £80 - £100 2104 Ancient Greek silver tetradrachm of the Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochos V, Eupator, obverse:- Youthful diademed head, right, within fillet border, reverse:- Zeus enthroned left, holding Nike and sceptre, Sear 7004, piece of metal removed from 12 o,clock obverse, in antiquity, for testing, GVF/VF £100 - £150 2105 Ancient Greek, Macdonian Kingdom, Alexander III, the Great 336-323 B.C., silver drachm, obverse:- Head of Herakles right, clad in lion's skin, reverse:- Zeus seated on throne, with no back, one foot on stool, one drawn back, object below throne, spear head? in right field, he holds a long sceptre and eagle, Sear 6728 and later, there are many varieties, VF £50 - £60