Lot 2703

Description

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<upwards on the left, eagle with spread wings standing facing on harpe, head turned left, in exergue a goat kneeling left, dotted border, (cf.S.1218, Lorber and Michaels "Quaderni Ticinesi, 2007" No.92 [obv.4, rev.10], weight corrected [p.224, Pl.III [p.233], This Coin<illustrated], Prieur -, SNG Paris -). Off centred on reverse, otherwise very fine or better, rare.

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.