Two Extremely Rare Die Matched Tridrachms

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 825. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $760. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tridrachm (9.53 g, 6h). Dated Caesarian Era 176 (AD 129/30). Laureate heroic bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Draped bust of Asclepius right, wearing taenia; serpent-entwined staff to right; in exergue, goat reclining right; date in legend. Prieur -; SNG Levante -; SNG France -; Gorny & Mosch 152, lot 1817 (same dies); Freeman & Sear FPL 11, lot 198 (same dies). VF, slight double strike on reverse, light overal porosity. Extremely rare, only the third example known, all from this single die pair.