CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tridrachm (24mm, 9.06 g, 12h). Dated year 164 of the Caesarean Era (AD 117/8).Electronic Auction 485 Roman Provincial, Silver Sold For $ 300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tridrachm (24mm, 9.06 g, 12h). Dated year 164 of the Caesarean Era (AD 117/8). Laureate bust right, slight drapery / AIΓЄAIΩN ЄTOVC ΔΞP (date), young male head (Alexander III) right, wearing taenia; below goat head right, kneeling left. F. Haymann, “Hadrianic Silver Coinage of Aegeae (Cilicia),” AJN 26 (2014), Type 8 (dies O4/R11) and pl. 32, first example; L&M 68 (this coin); Prieur 715; SNG Levante –; RPC III 3338. Toned. Near VF. Very rare, only two known to Prieur at the time of his publication, only three (including this coin) cited in L&M, and one additional illustrated, but not referenced, by Haymann. |