Lockdales Auction 175 28-29 March 2020
1462 Gallienus billon tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt, reverse:- Eagle standing left, wings closed, head right, wreath in beak, nice no corrosion, GVF with a ditto but of Diocletian, reverse:- Female deity seated on garlanded couch, left, head propped up by left hand, right hand holds rudder?, both with old tickets, VF/GVF [2] £40 - £50 1463 Geta as Caesar, silver denarius, Rome Mint 207 A.D., reverse:- Minerva standing to left holding spear and resting on round shield, Sear 7186, EF £40 - £50 1464 Gordian III colonial bronze of Macedonia, Autonokcos Province, of c.26mm., obverse:- Bust of Alexander III the Great, looking towards heaven, reverse:- Table topped by two prize urns each containing a palm branch, Ex. Simon Callan Collection, with an old ticket, VF £80 - £90 1465 Gordian III silver antoninianus, Rome Mint 238-239 AD. Reverse: Providentia standing left. Sear 8655, EF £30 - £40 1466 Gordian III silver looking antoniniani, first Sear 8637, GVF, a ditto but Sear 8643, VF/GF, a ditto but Philip I, Sear 8950, VF, a ditto but Sear 8969, VF and lastly Postumus, Sear 10966 exhibits slight copper look but NEF [5] £60 - £80 1467 Gordian III silver looking antoninianus, Sear 8615, GVF, ditto of Valerian, Sear 9920, GF, a ditto, Sear 9936?, GF, a ditto but of Volusian Sear, 9743, NVF and lastly a billon reduced centenionalis [looks silver] of Rome, Sear p.501, VF [5] £40 - £50 1468 Julian II the Apostate, silver siliqua, Constantia/Arles Mint 361-362 A.D., reverse:- VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath, at the top of which stands an eagle, in exergue TCONST, Sear, full flan, well centred, hairline striking crack at obverse 10 o'clock, as struck and barely visible, GVF £50 - £60 1469 Julius Caesar silver denarius, mint in Italy 49 B.C., obverse:- Elephant trampling serpent on groundline, CAESAR in exergue, reverse:- No legend, emblems of the pontificate, simpulum, Sprinkler, axe and apex, Sear 1399, reverse slightly off centre, VF £250 - £300 1470 Late Roman Bronze Coins (330) mixed grade, needs viewing. £200 - £300 1471 Late Roman Bronze Minors (132) with a nice matching patina. £50 - £100 1472 Late Roman Imperial silver looking pieces, Gordian III silver denarius, Sear 8675, GF a ditto but an antoninianus, Sear 8665, NVF, a ditto but Philip I, Sear 8966 [air trapped in flan], VF, a ditto but Vabalathus and Aurelian, base looking, Sear 11718, GF and lastly a denarius of Julia Mamaea, Sear 8212, GF/F [5] £50 - £60 1473 Marcus Aurelius brass dupondius, Rome Mint 171 A.D., reverse:- Marcus Aurelius, togate, standing left, saccrificing over tripod-altar, legend:- VOTA SVSCEP DECENN COS III S C, Sear 5055, well centred, GF with a double centenionalis or maiorina of Theodosius I, obverse:- Theodosius helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust right, right hand raised, spear above, reverse reads:- GLORIA ROMANORVM, Theodosius I, standing on galley, helmeted and in military attire, right hand raised, holding ? in left, Victory seated at helm, wreath in left field, .TESB in exergue, Thessalonica Mint 383-386 A.D. Sear 20475var., couple of rough edge spots, as struck, GVF [2] £60 - £80
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