441, Lot: 353. Estimate $200. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tridrachm (25mm, 9.93 g, 12h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right, with gorgoneion on breastplate / Lion to left, attacking bull; c/m: laureate and draped bust right of Caracalla(?) within oval incuse. Prieur 766 for coin & 780 for countermark; SNG Levante 997 var. (bust type); SNG BN 1399 for coin and countermark; RPC III 3265; for c/m: Howgego 843. VF, toned, flan split: c/m: Near VF. Prieur places these issues under Caracalla.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 950.