Lockdales: Coins Auction #258

Ancient & hammered coins & fragments (7)

Ancient Coins (5) 2x silver, 3x copper/bronze, Greek, Persian, Byzantine and Indian.

Ancient Greek & Persian (7) silver Hemidrachms, Sigloi and Diobols, including Persia, Phoenicia, Histiaia and the Achaian League; Fair to VF

Ancient Greek & Roman silver & billon Tetradrachms (5): A slightly damaged Ptolemy I of Egypt with multiple countermarks, 13.08g, Fine; Seleukid K...

Ancient Greek AR Drachms (2): Thessaly, Larissa, c.400 BC, Thessalos catching a bull l. / Horse prancing r., legends above and below, 5.82g, off-c...

Ancient Greek silver (2): Indo-Greek Kingdom of Bactria, Menander I c.155-130 BC Drachm, 2.44g, VF, and Tetradrachm, 8.32g, water damaged F-GF.

Ancient Greek silver (2): Poseidonia Stater 470-420 BC, Poseidon r. / Bull r. within incuse circle, 7.59g, Fair/Fine with a small test cut; along ...

Ancient Greek silver minors (4): Massalia, Gaul Obol, Sear I #22 VF; 2x Miletos, Ionia 1/12th Staters off-centre F and VF; and a tiny, possibly Ph...

Ancient Greek: Alexander the Great AR Tetradrachm of Sardes, Lydia in debased metal, 16.88g, see Price 2647, VF

Ancient Greek: Argolis, Argos AR Triobol/Hemidrachm, forepart of wolf r. / large A with magistrate's name and marks around, within incuse square. ...

Ancient Greek: Athens AR Tetradrachm, classical period, 17.12g, VF with test cuts.

Ancient Greek: Indo-Greek Kingdom of Bactria, Hermaios Soter AR Tetradrachm c.105-90 BC. Zeus-Helios seated l. rev. 9.74g. Slightly off-centre aEF.

Ancient Greek: Kings of Macedon, Alexander III 'the Great' AR Drachm. Hd. of Herakles wearing lion skin r. / Zeus enthroned l. 4.00g. GVF/VF.

Ancient Greek: Selekid Kings of Syria, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Gryphos) AR Tetradrachm, 121/0-97/6 BC. Antiochia on the Orontes mint, circa 109-...

Ancient Greek: Seleukid Empire, Antiochos VIII Epiphanes (Grypos) AR Tetradrachm, Ake-Ptolemais, c.121-113 BC. Zeus Ouranios draped, std. facing, ...

Anglo-Saxon Sceats (8) either low grade, base core contemporary forgeries or damaged.

Anglo-Saxon: Aethelred II silver Penny, Long Cross type, Norwich mint, moneyer Svertingr: SVERTIC MO NORÐ. 1.70g. SCBI Copenhagen 103 and East Ang...

Anglo-Saxon: Cnut silver Penny, Pointed Helmet type, London mint, moneyer Wulfwine: PVLFPINF ON LVN. 0.93g. SCBI Copenhagen 3010; BEH 2796; N787; ...

Anglo-Saxon: Edward the Confessor silver Penny, Pointed Helmet type, Hastings mint, moneyer Brid: BRID ON HASTINGs. 1.08g. Freeman 6; cf HHK 104, ...

Byzantium and Scythian Kingdom (4) bronze coins, 57BC-912 AD, noted Leo VI & Alexander Follis Sear 1730 nVF, etc.

Celtic Britain silver units (2): Dobunni, Allen type, head r. / triple tailed horse l., flower below; slightly devolved, between S.377 to S.378, 0...

Celtic Britain(?) silver unit, 13mm, 1.28g; seems to be a variant of the Iceni, 'Bury Head' type with an animal (dog?) above horse rev., see S.432...

Charles I silver Shilling mm. crown, S.2791, 5.90g, F/GF

Commonwealth Shilling 1654 mm. sun, S.3217, 5.76g, Fine.

Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine): Anastasius gold Solidus (clipped) 491-518 AD. 2.96g. Short of flan as clipped down to fit a piece of jewellery. ...

Edward I silver Pennies of Canterbury (2): Class 9a, star on breast, 1.40g, toned aVF; and another Class ?, 1.21g, slightly corroded/cleaned nVF

Edward I silver Penny of London, class 1c, 1.37g, S.1382, VF

Edward I silver Penny, Bristol Mint, 1.36g, aVF

Edward I silver Penny, Lincoln Mint, 1.22g, aVF

Edward I silver Penny, York Royal Mint, 1.41g, aVF

Edward III pre-treaty 1351-61 silver Groat of London, annulet in quarter below DON. 4.58g. N1194; S1570, VF/GVF. Ex DNW auction(?) lot 106.

Edward III pre-treaty 1351-61 silver Groat of London, nick in V of CIV therefore S.1567. 4.53g. F/GF

Edward IV Light Coinage silver Groat of London, mm. crown (74), quatrefoils by neck, S.2000, 2.76g. Plugged above the portrait, otherwise nVF

Edward IV Light Coinage silver Groat of London, probably S.2000 (quatrefoils at neck), no eye after TAS. 2.51g. Slightly short of flan nF.

Edward IV Light Coinage silver Groat of York 1464-70, mm. lis/sun (105/28), E on breast, quatrefoils by bust. 2.59g. S.2012. NVF

Edward Plantagenet silver Pennies of Canterbury (3) VG-nVF

Edward Plantagenet silver Pennies of London (4) F-aVF

Edward VI fine silver Shilling mm. tun, S.2482, 6.10g, GF or better, a few scratches.

Elizabeth I hammered silver Shilling mm. hand (1590-2), S.2577, 5.57g, toned VF, light porosity, small edge split.

Elizabeth I hammered silver Sixpence 1569 mm. coronet, S.2562, 3.00g, toned nVF

Elizabeth I hammered silver Sixpence 1570 mm. coronet, with an error in the obverse legend: 'ELIZBETH'. S.2562. 3.04g. Toned GF.

Elizabeth I hammered silver Sixpence 1576 mm. eglantine, S.2563, 2.93g, Fine, a few scratches.

Elizabeth I hammered silver Sixpences (3): 1575 mm. eglantine, S.2563, 2.77g, straightened Fine; 1580 mm. Latin cross, S.2572, 2.78g, Fair/VG, ex-...

Elizabeth I hammered silver Threepence 1561 mm. pheon, 1.49g, S.2564, slightly wavy F/GF

Elizabeth I hammered silver Threepence 1574 mm. eglantine, 1.26g, S.2566, Fine.

Elizabeth I milled silver Sixpence 1562 mm. star, large broad bust, S.2596, 2.94g. Slightly bent as a "love token" but otherwise mainly VF.

Elizabeth I milled silver Sixpence 1562 mm. star, large broad bust, S.2596, GF, small attempted piercing above crown.

Elizabeth I milled silver Sixpence 1562 mm. star, tall narrow bust, decorated dress, S.2595, 3.05g. Straightened from a "love token", GF, edge nic...

Elizabeth I Second Issue 1560-1 silver Groat mm. cross-crosslet, 1.90g, S.2556, toned VF, nice example.

Elizabeth I Second Issue 1560-1 silver Groat mm. cross-crosslet, 2.00g, S.2556, crinkled and slightly scuffed GF

Elizabeth I silver minors (4): 3x Halfgroats and a Penny, Fair-Fine.

Elizabeth I silver Penny, Second Issue 1560-1, mm. martlet, S.2558, 0.47g, toned aVF

English hammered silver (3): Elizabeth I Shilling mm. 1 (1601) Fair - centres poor but legends better; Sixpence 1561 creased poor-fair; and a Char...

European hammered and early milled (10) including an Anglo-Gallic Denier Fair, Lucca 13thC Denier aVF, Sicily Conrad I billon Denaro aVF, Hungary ...

Hammered silver (4): 2x Crusader Pennies of Antioch: Bohemond III cleaned aVF, and Bohemond IV toned aVF; along with an Irish Farthing of Edward I...

Henry III Long Cross silver Pennies (2) both Henri on Lunde (London Mint); one Class 3b, 1.45g, S.1363, nVF; the other similar, 1.30g, wavy F/GF, ...

Henry III Long Cross silver Pennies (2) of the Canterbury Mint: Class 5c, moneyer Gilbert, 1.25g, toned F/GF; and Class 5g, moneyer Walter, 1.45g,...

Henry III Long Cross silver Penny, HENRI ON LVNDE (London Mint), Class 3b, S.1363, 1.42g, EF

Henry III Long Cross silver Penny, HENRI ON LVNDE (London Mint), Class 3c, S.1364, 1.43g, EF

Henry III Long Cross silver Penny, NICOLE ON CANT (Canterbury Mint), Class 5a2, S.1367A, 1.45g, cleaned aVF, ex-Brussels Hoard.