Silver cistophorus of Hadrian

An image of Coinage. Cistophorus. Obverse; HADRIANVS / AVG COS III P P; Head of Hadrian right. Reverse; DIA / NA // EPHESIA; Statue of Artemis Ephesia facing with polos on head and fillets dangling from wrists, in tetrastyle Ionic temple on podium, door between two Amazons and flanking windows in pediment, legend either side and in exergue. Hadrian (117-38), ruler. Ephesus mint. Roman Provincial Series, Ionia. Silver, struck, weight 11.04 g, die axis 180 degrees, width 26.08 mm, height 27.58 mm, 117-138. Lewis Collection. On loan from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. SNG; VI 1310. RIC; 2.475.6. Metcalf; 46.

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Coinage. Cistophorus. Obverse; HADRIANVS / AVG COS III P P; Head of Hadrian right. Reverse; DIA / NA // EPHESIA; Statue of Artemis Ephesia facing with polos on head and fillets dangling from wrists, in tetrastyle Ionic temple on podium, door between two Amazons and flanking windows in pediment, legend either side and in exergue. Hadrian (117-38), ruler. Ephesus mint. Roman Provincial Series, Ionia. Silver, struck, weight 11.04 g, die axis 180 degrees, width 26.08 mm, height 27.58 mm, 117-138. Lewis Collection. On loan from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. SNG; VI 1310. RIC; 2.475.6. Metcalf; 46.

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Accession Number: CM.LS.1310-R
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Fnumber: 27/1

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2nd Century AD Ancient Rome antiquity cistophorus coin coinage currency emperor Ephesus Hadrian heads legal tender male money numismatics obverse portraits profile Roman Roman Emperor Roman Imperial rulers Silver

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