Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVIII 29 Sep 2019
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Picenum, Hatria Æ As. Circa 275-225 BC. Head of Silenus facing, H to right / Sleeping dog curled right, HAT below. ICC 236; HN Italy 11; Haeberlin pp. 203-6, 1-67 pls. 74, 1-10, 75, 1-6, 95, 1-2, 96, 6. 396.00g, 82mm, 12h.
Very Fine; unusually good for this issue.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XI, 7 April 2016, lot 537 (hammer: £12,000);
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 169, 12 October 2008, lot 195 (hammer: EUR 13,000).
Ancient Hatria (modern Adri) was a city of the Ager Praetutianus, situated 20km from the Adriatic Sea, between the rivers Vomanus (Vomano) and Matrinus (La Piomba). According to Livy (Periochae, 11), 'Hadria' was a Latin colony from 290 BC and counted among the cities which offered aid to the Romans against Hannibal in 209 (Livy 27.10.7).
Very Fine; unusually good for this issue.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction XI, 7 April 2016, lot 537 (hammer: £12,000);
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 169, 12 October 2008, lot 195 (hammer: EUR 13,000).
Ancient Hatria (modern Adri) was a city of the Ager Praetutianus, situated 20km from the Adriatic Sea, between the rivers Vomanus (Vomano) and Matrinus (La Piomba). According to Livy (Periochae, 11), 'Hadria' was a Latin colony from 290 BC and counted among the cities which offered aid to the Romans against Hannibal in 209 (Livy 27.10.7).