Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lot 4603    SESSION 12 (7.00PM FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $700
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $540

CILICIA, Aegeae, Hadrian, (A.D. 117-138), issued 117-118, silver tridrachm, (9.82 g), obv. laureate bust of Hadrian to right with slight drapery on left shoulder, dotted border, around **AUTOKR KAI*C TPAIANOC **ADRIANO*C CEB, rev. **AIGEAIWN* curved downwards on right, ETOYC *DXR* curved upwards on the left, young male head to right., (Alexander the Great), wearing taenia, under neck truncation a goat kneeling to left with head reverted, dotted border, (cf.S.1218, Lorber and Michaels "Quaderni Ticinesi, 2007" No.62 [obv.4, rev.10] p.223; Prieur 715, SNG Paris 2326, SNG Levante -, SNG von Aulock -). Nearly very fine, very rare.

Ex Freeman & Sear, at Chicago Coin Fair, 26 April 2009, with collector ticket.
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. Both authors record this type having a small thick flan.