CNG 105, Lot: 583. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Hadrian, with Sabina. AD 117-138. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.12 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 131. AYT KAI ΘE TPA ΠA[P YI ΘE NEP Y]I TPAI AΔPIANOC CE, Π-Π, radiate and draped bust of Hadrian right; club below / [CABEI]NA CEBACTH AΔP (P retrograde) TAPC MHTPOΠOΛEO[C], A-Y, draped bust of Sabina right, wearing stephane, set on crescent. Prierur 771; SNG BN 1413 var. (rev. legend); RPC III 3275/11 (this coin, illustrated on pl. 147). Near EF, deeply toned. Rare and excellent for issue.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72 (16 May 2013), lot 653; Numismatic Fine Arts XXX (8 December 1992), lot 255.

A desirable issue, not only for the attractive busts but for the interesting legends; the obverse legend declares Hadrian’s descent from both Trajan and Nerva, while the reverse legend titles Sabina augusta in addition to its Greek equivalent, sebaste.