Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1481. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52 gm). Mylasa mint. Struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing, holding double axe (labrys) and spear; fillets hang from wrists to ground as supports. RIC II 496; Metcalf,
Cistophori 38, 184 (O2/R3; this coin); Pinder -; BMCRE 1064; RSC 276. Toned VF, light porosity. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group III (
g). ($500)
Ex von Aulock Collection, 6616.