Unpublished Antoninus Pius & Hadrian Tetradrachm

441, Lot: 331. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Mopsouestia-Mopsos. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 13.23 g, 6h). Bare head right of Antoninus Pius / Laureate and draped bust right of Hadrian. Prieur –; SNG Levante –; SNG BN –. Fine, toned, a touch of porosity. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, and this coin is the only specimen on CoinArchives.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection (Part I, Stack’s Bowers & Ponterio 174, 11 January 2013), lot 6156 (hammer $900).