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Lot 599

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CILICIA. Tarsus. Hadrian, 117-138 AD. Tridrachm (Silver, 25.5 mm, 9.00 g, 12 h), mid 120s. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΘΕ ΤΡΑ ΠΑΡ ΥΙ ΘΕ ΝΕΡ ΥΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟC CE Laureate bust of Hadrian to right, with drapery on his far shoulder. Rev. TAPCEΩN MHTPOΠΟΛΕΩC Sandan, wearing tall headdress and long cloak, standing right on horned lion; he wears on his left side a bow-case and a sword crossing the bow-case; his right hand is raised and he holds a bipennis and wreath in his left. BMC 145. Prieur 768. RPC III 3267.3 (this coin). SNG Levante 996. Lightly toned and with an excellent provincial portrait of Hadrian. Minor metal flaws and roughness. Good very fine.
From the Brett Telford Collection, USA, ex A. Lynn Collection, Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999, 1111.
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