Uncertain (AD 117-138) Cistophoric Tetradrachm - Hadrian

Hadrian, 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.90g, 5h). Mint A. Struck after 128 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / Minerva standing left, shield at feet, holding thunderbolt and reverted spear. VF, obverse struck with slightly rusty dies. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia (cf. RSC 3). Unique and unknown to Metcalf. Metcalf assigned the reverse type, known from a single specimen (SNG von Aulock 6613), to an uncertain Mint D, while the obverse die he placed at uncertain Mint A, where it is struck with both a bundle of grain ears and Tyche Soterios as reverses. Minerva is unrecorded at Mint A.

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City/Mint name:	Uncertain Roman
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Keywords:	roman / silver
References:	??? RIC II -; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori type 68, 305/type 115, 390 (obv. die/rev. type); BMCRE -; RSC -
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 70 (9/2005), lot 1009 ($775 + comm)
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Date added:	Sep 24, 2005
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