Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1140. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Tarsus. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. AR Tetradrachm (10.04 gm, 1h). Laureate and cuirassed bust right; aegis on breastplate / TARCEWN MHTROPOLEWC, Sandan standing right on horned beast. Prieur 769; SNG Levante 996 var. (bust type); SNG France 1407-1409 var. (same). VF, minor lamination in obverse field, trace of porosity. Extremely rare. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.