Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Lot 2700    SESSION 11 (9.30AM THURSDAY 25TH MARCH)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins

Estimate $700
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CILICIA, Aegeae, Hadrian and Sabina, (A.D. 117-138), issued 133-134, silver tridrachm, (9.60 g), obv. laureate bust of Hadrian to left with slight drapery on shoulders, [dotted border], around **AUTOKR KAIS TPAI ANOC **ADRIANOS SEB PP*, rev. **AIGEAIWN PR* curved downwards on right, **SABINA SEBA* curved upwards on the left, Sabina bust to right., wearing double tiered stephane, braided hair coiled on top and back. below field a goat kneeling left, with head reverted, dotted border, (S.-, Lorber and Michaels "Quaderni Ticinesi, 2007" No.407 [obv.10, rev.22] p.227; Prieur 722, SNG Paris -, SNG Levante 1722, 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.