453, Lot: 208. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Aegeae. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Tridrachm (23mm, 10.22 g, 6h). Dated CY 177 (AD 130/1). Laureate bust right of Hadrian, slight drapery / Draped bust of Sabina right, wearing stephane with hair in elaborate coiffure; below bust, goat kneeling left with head right; ZOP (date) in legend. Prieur –; SNG Levante –; SNG BN –; RPC III 3351/6 (this coin cited). Lightly toned, small spots of verdigris, metal flaws. Near VF. Extremely rare, Prieur did not own this example when he published his book, three in CoinArchives, and six, including this coin, cited by the authors of RPC.

From the Michel Prieur Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 165 (17 March 2008), lot 1565.