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Ephesos (AD 117-138) AE 34 - Hadrian
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Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AE34 / Pentassarion (23.92g, 6h). Circa 130-138 AD. AΔPIANOC KAICAP OΛYMΠIOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, wearing aegis on left shoulder / EΦECIΩN, tetrastyle temple with Ionian capitals standing facing on two steps, enclosing cult statue of Diana of Ephesus with polos on head and fillets hanging from wrists; pediment decorated with two figures raising their right and left hand toward central disk; in angles, two recumbant figures. Rare. Pleasant green patina, VF.
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