Lockdales Auction 172 25-26 January 2020

61 1213 Tacitus billon antoninianus, Lugdunum Mint, reverse legend:- MARS VICTOR, Naked Mars advancing right, carrying transverse spear and trophy over left shoulder, B and Star in reverse field, Sear 11783, much silvering evident, GVF £40 - £50 1214 The Imperial 'DIVI' coinage of Trajan Decius, silver antoniniani, first reverse:- Altar, similar to Sear 9478, GVF, with a ditto, reverse:- Eagle, similar to Sear 9474, VF. Normal silver antoniniani of Trajan Decius, reverse:- Dacius, Sear 9368, GVF, reverse:- Trajan Decius on horseback, Sear 9365, NEF and lastly, reverse:- Abundantia, Sear 9364, GVF [5] £50 - £80 1215 Tiberius brass sestertius, Rome Mint 36-37 A.D., obverse:- TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVST P M TR POT XXXVI around central S C, reverse:- Temple of Concordia, hexastyle, cult-statue within, decorated with other statuary on roof top and at sides of temple, Sear 1766 and with a full ticket by Dr. Vezin, who has traced a die-duplicate, rare, NF £50 - £60 1216 Trajan bronze of c.27mm., of Syria: Seleucis and Pieria, Laodiceia ad Mare, obverse:- Laureate head right, reverse:- Veiled and turreted bust of City Goddess right, monogram in field, right, Sear 1080, test mark on edge, F/GF £40 - £50 1217 Trajan copper as, Rome Mint 107 A.D., with the interesting reverse:- Trajan galloping right, brandishing spear at Dacian warrior who is trampled by horse's fore- hooves, Sear 3234, VF £40 - £60 1218 Trajan silver denarius, reverse:- COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting skirt, Sear 3127, NVF £40 - £50 1219 Trajan silver denarius, Rome Mint 108 A.D., reverse:- Aequitas, Sear 3122, with a ditto of Hadrian, Rome Mint 133 A.D., reverse:- Tellus, Sear 3543, NVF, with a ditto, Rome Mint 123 A.D., reverse:- Aequitas, Sear 3520, GVF and lastly a ditto but Severus Alexander, Rome Mint 228A.D., reverse:- Romulus, Sear 7933, NEF [4] £50 - £80 1220 Trajan silver denarius, RSC II, 228a, reverse:- Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy, round and well centred, VF £40 - £50 1221 Vespasian brass dupondius, similar to Sear 2351 but with S C in field and ROMA in exergue, Roma seated on cuirass, with a little ancient deposit around letters, VF £50 - £70 1222 Vespasian silver denarius, regular series, Rome Mint 78- 79 A.D. reverse:- Annona, Sear 2280, VF with a ditto but of Domitian, Rome Mint 90 A.D., reverse:- Minerva, Sear 2734, VF [2] £50 - £70 1223 Vespasian silver denarius, Rome Mint 69-70 A.D., reverse:- Judaea seated, right, resting on trophy of arms, resting her head on her right arm/hand in mourning, Sear 2296, Fine, surface marks. £45 - £55 1224 Vitellius silver denarius, regular series, Rome Mint April- May 69 A.D., reverse:- Concordia seated left, holding patera and cornucopiae, Sear 2196, rare, flan a little irregular, dark Fine. £55 - £65 1225 Vitellius silver denarius, regular Series, Rome Mint April- May 69, reverse:- Concordia seated left, Sear 2196, nF £60 - £70 1226 Barbarous native radiate but of full official size, obverse:- Bearded radiate head right, neck in a very unusual position, lettering each side engraved and not of normal font, reverse depicts a standing Roman soldier, holding a wreath or patera, interesting GF/F £30 - £40 1227 Byzantine bronze of Anastasius I, F and a ditto of Leo VI, F/GF and an Alexandrian Byzantine piece, F and an AE 21 of Amisos, Pontos, scuffed and obverse off centre, GF, plus 2 x Mediaeval Hungarian silvers, both GVF, 2 of the ancient bronzes with tickets by Dr.R.Vezin, [6] £40 - £50 1228 Sassanian Silver Drachms (4) including Hormazd IV and Khusrau I, three with tickets, VF £100 - £110 1229 Aethelred II silver cut-halfpenny, CRUX Type, Spink 1148, obverse reads:- ]AEDELRAEDR[, reverse reads:- + [ ]M-O LEGC, Leicester Mint, 'points' of flan with small chips and short hairline crack, clear, NVF £40 - £50 1230 Aethelred II silver penny CRUX type, Spink 1148, obverse reads:- +AEDELRAED REX ANGLOX [ both 'AE's and 'NG' ligulate], reverse reads:- +LEOFSTAN M-O CAENT ['AE' ligulate], Canterbury Mint, moneyer Leofstan, the coin looks to be almost as struck, the only very small blemish looks to be a 'peck mark' on the reverse inner circle, above the 'X' in CRUX, cannot look at edge as the piece is slabbed, well centred, evenly struck, near 'as struck', GEF £225 - £275 1231 Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian copper sceat of Aethelred II, Spink 868, obverse reads:- +EDILRED REX around circle of pellets enclosing a cross with a pellet centre, reverse reads:- +EARDVVLF the moneyer around the interesting centre of a star with pellet at each tip, well centred, VF £40 - £50 1232 Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian copper sceats of Aethelred II, Spink 868, obverse reads:- +EDILRED X around plain cross, reverse reads:- +MONNE around central dot with a dot in each quarter, VF together with a ditto but moneyer Eanred, Spink 865, obverse reads:- +EEDDILD REX around central cross with pellet at center and in third quarter, reverse reads:- [ ]NRED, followed by circle of pellets enclosing pellet, centre the same but heavy central dot, GF [2] £60 - £70 1233 Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian copper styca of Aethelred II First Reign, 841-844, obverse reads:- +EDILRED REX around plain cross, reverse reads:- +BRODER around plain cross, this the moneyer, Spink 865, with an old ticket which states 'Bolton Percy Hoard', clear GF £35 - £45 1234 Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian copper styca of Eanred 810- 841A.D.,obverse reads:- +EANRED REX [first 'E' and the 'N' backwards], around an annulet containing pellet, reverse reads:- +MONNE, this the moneyer, around a plain cross, Spink 862, with an old ticket, dark tone, NVF £35 - £45 1235 Anglo-Saxon silver sceat joint issue of the King of Nothumbria Aethelred I and the Archbishop of York Eanbald I c.779-780 A.D., Spink 855, obverse:- +ALVILRED around pelleted inner circle enclosing a pellet, reverse reads:- +EANBALD [the 'N' retrograde], around central cross, obverse off centre, hairline striking crack as struck, scarce, VF £200 - £300