Lockdales Auction 170 16-17 November 2019

115 2274 Severus Alexander Roman colonial bronze of c.29mm., of Moesia Inferior, Istros, reverse:- Mithras? seated on horse pacing right, behind standard surmounted by Eagle, before horse an altar?, Sear 3268, with two old tickets, well centred and of even colour, GVF £60 - £80 2275 Severus Alexander Roman colonial bronze of Thrace, Deultum, of c.24mm., reverse:- Zeus seated left, holding long staff and patera, with an old ticket, VF, together with a ditto but of Severus Alexander of Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, of c.25mm., reverse:- Homonoia standing front, head left, holding patera and cornucopiae, with a ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, NVF [2] £40 - £50 2276 Severus Alexander silver denarius, reverse:- Pax advancing left, Sear 7887, VF, with a silver antoninianus of Postumus, reverse:- Pax standing left, Sear 10966, hairline striking crack, well centred and struck, GVF/NVF, both found Suffolk 1990, with a ditto but Philip I, reverse:- Victory advancing right, probably Sear 8969, large fragment, VF, found Suffolk 1993, sold with old tickets [3] £40 - £50 2277 Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine gold solidus, obverse reads:- D M TIb CONSTANT P P AVS, reverse reads:- VICTORIA AVGG, followed by officina letter 'H', in exergue CONOB, Constantinople Mint, Sear 422, on the style of this coin, I would place as a modern forgery, tested as high carat gold, GVF £100 - £120 2278 Tiberius, Nero and Drusus Caesars, colonial bronze of Cathago Nova, Spain, Sear 335, with an old ticket anoted by Dr.R.Vezin, VF £45 - £50 2279 Trajan Decius silver antoninianus from the Imperial 'Divi' series, for Vespasian, reverse:- Altar, Sear 9461, VF with a ditto but of Julia Domna under Caracalla, reverse:- Venus, Sear 7098, large flan, central strike, GVF/VF both coins scarce [2] £45 - £50 2280 Trajan Roman colonial bronze of c. 26mm., of Syria, Laodiceia ad Mare, reverse:- Bust of Tyche, right, Sear 1080, with old ticket, NVF/VF £40 - £50 2281 Trajan silver denarius, Rome Mint 1097 A.D., reverse legend:- COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting skirt, Sear 3127, a well struck piece especially the reverse, AEF £80 - £90 2282 Trajan silver tetrdrachm of Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antiochia ad Orontem, reverse:- Eagle standing facing on club, wings open, head left, palm in right field, Sear 1077, with old ticket, GVF £60 - £80 2283 Two Roman colonial bronzes both of Moesia Inferior, Marcianopolis, first of septimius Severus of c.25mm. reverse:- Homonoia standing front, head left, holding patera and cornucopiae, with a ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, VF, the other of Gordian III of c.27mm., Gordian III and Saraps, their busts face to face, reverse:- Helmeted Athena, holding transvers spear and bird sitting on patera, with four tickets one of which is by Dr.R.Vezin, the reverse of this coin seems unrecorded, VF/GVF [2] £60 - £70 2284 Vespasian billon tetradrachm of Antioch, obverse:- Laureate bust, right, reverse:- Eagle standing front on club, wings open, head left, wreath within beak, palm branch in field before, sold with two old tickets, VF £60 - £80 2285 Vespasian silver denarius, reverse:- Aequitas, Sear 2284, with old ticket, sic, found Suffolk 1990, GF, with a ditto but Domitian, reverse:- Minerva, with old ticket, found Suffolk 1993, chipped, F, with a ditto but Hadrian plated forgery, F and lastly a ditto but reverse:- Pietas, Sear 3524, Found Suffolk 1988, with old ticket sic,VF/NVF [4] £40 - £45 2286 Vespasiancopperas, Rome Mint 77-78 A.D., obverse legend:- IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN COS VIII, reverse legend:- VICTORIA AVGVST S C, Victory standing on forepart of galley, right, holding wreath and palm, Sear 2366var., RIC 818, well struck up, even black patina, GVF £170 - £190 2287 Vespasian, brass sestertius, Rome Mint 71 A.D., reverse legend:- IVDAEA CAPTA S C, Central palm-tree to the left of which a bound male Jewish captive stands, to the right a seated Jewish female, as Judaea, in mourning, arms in the background, Sear 2325, weak on legends, but clear, rare, F/Fair £80 - £100