Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1604. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
2005. HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric 
Tetradrachm (10.89 gm, 7h). Aphrodisias mint. 
Struck after 128 AD. Bidding Closed Estimate 
$1000 

      HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm 
      (10.89 gm, 7h). Aphrodisias mint. Struck after 128 
      AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Venus 
      (Aphrodite) Aphrodisias standing right; star and 
      crescent on either side of calathus; lion-headed 
      censer behind; figure seated left on low cippus 
      before. RIC III 512; Metcalf, Cistophori 37, 181 
      (O18/R-; unlisted rev. die); RSC 327a. Good VF. 
      Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, 
      Sutherland Group VI. ($1000)

      From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.
$600, $690, €486, £330, C$750, A$780, on June 8, 2005.

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