Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 2703 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $700
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $950
CILICIA, Aegeae, Hadrian, (A.D. 117-138), issued 130-131, silver tetradrachm, (13.27 g), obv. laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right with paludamentum, dotted border, around **AUTOKR KAIS* TPAIA **ADRIANO SEB PP*, rev. **AIGEAIWN* curved downwards on right, ETOY[C ZOP] curved
Ex Freeman & Sear, at the Chicago Coin Fair, April 2009. This coin from a hoard of 415 + catalogued by Catherine Lorber and David Michaels "The Silver Coinage of Aegeae in the Reign of Hadrian" published in Numismatica E
Antichita Classiche, Volume XXXVI, (2007), Quaderni Ticinesi pages 205-230, plates I - XII. Others have appeared on the market since then making the total hoard over 500 pieces. Prior to the discovery of the hoard about 75 examples of this city have been published in private collections.
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