Smyrna (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian

Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.21g, 6h), struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Eagle standing left, head right, with wings displayed, on thunderbolt. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia.

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City/Mint name:	Smyrna
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Keywords:	roman / silver
References:	RIC II 516; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 31, 128-131 (O4/R-; unlisted rev. die); BMCRE 1079; RSC 427a. For host-coin: cf. RSC 2
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 70 (9/2005), lot 992 ($450 + comm)
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Date added:	Sep 24, 2005
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