Smyrna (AD 117-138) Tetradrachm - Hadrian

Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.12g). Smyrna mint, struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Zeus seated left, holding Diana Ephesia and sceptre; eagle at feet before. Lightly toned VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group V (a). Ex Numismatica Ars Classica L (5/2001), lot 1842.

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City/Mint name:	Smyrna
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Keywords:	silver / roman
References:	RIC II 501; Metcalf, Cistophori 29, 116 (O2/R2); Pinder -; BMCRE pg. 388, -; RSC 273b
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 66 (5/2004), lot 1478 ($415 + comm)
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