Greek Silver & Bronze Coins - Celtic - Susanian

Lot 4246    SESSION 16 (9.30AM THURSDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER)    Greek Silver & Bronze Coins - Celtic - Susanian

Estimate $600
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $360

CILICIA, Aegeae, Hadrian, (A.D. 117-138), issued 131-132, silver tetradrachm, (13.54 g), obv. laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right with paludamentum, dotted border, around **AUTOKR KAIS* TPAIA **ADRIA[NO SEB PP]*, rev. **AIGEAIWN* curved downwards on right, ETOY**S QOR* 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.171 [obv.7, rev.34] [This Coin], Prieur 720, SNG Paris 2331-2, SNG Levante 1718, SNG von Aulock 5451). Toned, very fine/good very fine, rare.

Ex Freeman & Sear, eSale May 26, 2009 (lot 70), 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.