Lockdales Auction 175 28-29 March 2020

1516 Valens silver siliqua, Trier Mint 375-378 A.D., Sear 19678, obverse:- Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, reverse:- Roma seated left on cuirass, holding down pointed spear and Victory on globe who is about to place wreath on Valens head, a nice coin, toned, well centred and an early strike as a die- sinkers guideline is visible reverse, small flan flaw in reverse left field, otherwise EF £60 - £90 1517 Valens, Siliqua, Trier c.370 AD, 1.75g, RIC 27, RSC 109, VF-GVF, ex-DNW 13-05-15, lot 1027. £100 - £150 1518 Vespasian and his sons, Titus and Domitian, propaganda issue silver denarius, Rome Mint 69- 70A.D., Sear 2399, reverse:- Busts of Titus and Domitian face to face, rare, good metal, NVF £230 - £260 1519 Byzantine AE follis of Justinian I of c.40mm., from the Mint of Constantinople, CON in exergue, holed, obverse top, obverse exhibits very light green deposit, Sear 163, GF/NVF £40 - £50 1520 Byzantine Empire. Justinian I 527-565 A.D., gold solidus, which has had a hard life, wt. 3.14g., Sear 140, clipped, of Constantinople Mint, officina is a triangle, with a ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, strangely holed at obverse 7 o'clock, red-brown deposit has been partly removed with a tool leaving some scratches under magnification, NF/Fair £90 - £130 1521 Persian (Sasanian) Empire, Khusru II silver drachm, Darabgard Mint, Year 34 (623-624 AD). Gobl. 215 var. Nicely centred EF £35 - £45 1522 Abbasid Caliphate, Al Mansur silver dirhem, Baghdad Mint, AH 153 (770 AD), M.W.I. 142 var. EF £35 - £45 1523 Abbasid Caliphate, Harun Al Rashid (of Arabian Nights fame) silver dirhem, Al Basra Mint, AH 178 (794-795 AD) GVF £35 - £45 1524 Aethelred II Long Cross type penny S.1151, London Mint, moneyer Leofnoth, slabbed PCGS 'Genuine not Gradable' Peck Marks - AU Detail £80 - £120 1525 Aethelred II silver cut-halfpenny, First Hand type, obverse reads:- +AEDEL.R[ ]L., reverse reads:- [ ]N M-O EOF[E ], York Mint, moneyer ?, VF £50 - £60