Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lot 4602    SESSION 12 (7.00PM FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $700
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $500

CILICIA, Aegeae, Hadrian, (A.D. 117-138), issued 133-134, silver tetradrachm, (13.69 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**S PR* curved upwards on the left, eagle with spread wings standing facing on harpe, head turned right, [in exergue a goat kneeling right], dotted border, (cf.S.1218, Lorber and Michaels "Quaderni Ticinesi, 2007" No.303 [obv.12, rev.67], Prieur 721, SNG Paris -, SNG Levante 1719, SNG von Aulock -). Weak on obverse, good fine/very fine, rare.

Ex Freeman & Sear, eSale May 26, 2009 (lot 71), with various tickets.
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.