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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 9.35 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after AD 128. IMP CΛES TRΛ HΛDRIΛNO ΛVG P P, laureate head right / S PR/ COM BIT in two lines across field, octastyle temple set on podium of three steps; ROM S P AVG across entablature. RPC III 979; Metcalf, Cistophori, Type B12; RSC 462a. Toned, light roughness, a couple of scratches on reverse. VF. Very rare. Perhaps the third known.
The other two examples known are CNG 72, lot 1487 (bare head right) and NAC 95, lot 260 (hammer CHF 14,500).
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