Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 980. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005. Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.85 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with crescent above altar; cult statue of Diana within. RIC II 475a; Metcalf,
Cistophori, type 8, 56 (O39/R45); BMCRE 1091; RSC 536. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia (cf. RSC 2-3). ($500)