ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (29mm, 10.93 g, 6h). Uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Struck after AD 128. Bare head right / Cult statue of Artemis Ephesia standing facing, extending hands and flanked by stags and thymiateria. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 88, 327 (O2/R2) = SNG von Aulock 6622 (this coin); RPC III 1437 (Cistophoric mint); RSC 319. Toned, green deposits, minor scratches from old cleaning. Good VF. Overstruck on another cistophorus of uncertain type. Ex Sierra Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 88, 14 September 2011), lot 1330; Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 966; Leu 33 (3 May 1983), lot 54; Hans von Aulock Collection.
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