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Classical Numismatic Group > Mail Bid Sale 70Auction date: 21 September 2005
Lot number: 983

Lot description:


HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.56 g, 7h). Ephesus mint. Struck after 128 AD.

Estimate $500

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.56 g, 7h). Ephesus mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Fortuna Ephesia standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. RIC II 477; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 12, 71 (O53/R-; unlisted rev. die); BMCRE p. 359, *; RSC 777. VF, area of light porosity. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group III. ($500)