140, Lot: 114. Estimate $100. Sold for $105. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Augusta. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ 25mm (12.07 g). Dated CY 104 (AD 123/124). Laureate head right / Wreathed bust of a young Dionysos right, wearing nebris; thyrsos over shoulder, kantharos behind, grape bunch before. SNG France -; SNG Levante 1247 (same dies). VF, dark brown patina, some scattered roughness. The Levante specimen is off-center in such a way as the date is not visible. This specimen confirms that this issue is indeed dated year 104.