HADRIAN SILVER CISTOPHORUS – DIANA EPHESIA TYPE – VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL PROVINCIAL COIN (Inv. 14616)

$850.00

14616. ROMAN EMPIRE. HADRIAN, AD 117–138.
Silver cistophorus, 10.59 g, 30 mm. Issue of Ephesus.
Obv. HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP, head of Hadrian right. Rev. DIANA EPHESIA, cult statue of Diana Ephesia facing, flanked by stags.
Metcalf, Cistophori, type 5; RIC III 1328 (RICOnline lists 31 specimens – for which see the link: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/1328).
NGC graded VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “overstruck,” with a great image of the famous cult statue at Ephesus.

 

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