HADRIAN SILVER CISTOPHORUS – UNPUBLISHED STANDING MINERVA ISSUE OF NICOMEDIA – NEAR VF ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN (Inv. 20523)

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20523. ROMAN EMPIRE. HADRIAN, AD 117–138.
Silver Cistophorus, 10.30 g, 30 mm. Issue of Nicomedia, ca. AD 138.
Obv. IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P PP, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right. Rev. COS III, Athena (Minerva) standing facing, head looking right, holding spear and grounded shield.
RPC Online -; Metcalf, The Cistophori of Hadrian -, but cf. issue B18, nos. B41-B42 struck from the same obverse die.
Near VF, a seemingly unpublished type.