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CARIA, Mylasa. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (29mm, 10.93 g, 6h). Struck circa AD 128-132. Bareheaded bust right, drapery on left shoulder / Cult statue of Zeus Labraundos standing facing, holding double-headed axe in right hand and spear in left, fillets falling to ground from wrists. Akarca 16 var. (bust); Metcalf, Cistophori 39, 186a (O4/R5) = RPC III 1371.1 (this coin); RSC 276a. Cabinet toning, minor marks and scratches, traces of overstrike on an uncertain cistophorus of Augustus(?). Good VF.
From the Meander Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 1605; Walter Niggeler Collection (Part 1, Leu & Münzen und Medaillen AG, 3 December 1965), lot 1259; Franz Trau Collection (Gilhofer & Ranschburg-A. Hess, 22 May 1935), lot 1101.
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