Triton XXII, Lot: 522. Estimate $750. Sold for $1850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.37 g, 6h). AV KAI ΘЄ TPA ΠAP V ΘЄ NEP V TPA AΔPIANOC CЄ OΛVMΠIOC, Π-Π in field, laureate and draped bust right / AΔPIANΩN TAPCЄΩN MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC, eagle standing facing on harpa, head right, with wings spread. Prieur 774 (this coin illustrated); SNG BN –; SNG Levante 999 (this coin); RPC III 3273.2 (this coin illustrated on pl. 146). VF, toned. Extremely rare with bust facing right, 1 of only 2 cited in RPC.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Edoardo Levante Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 64, 24 September 2003), lot 692.