HADRIAN SILVER CISTOPHORUS – ISSUE OF HIERAPOLIS WITH APOLLO CITHAROEDUS – VF ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN (inv. 20598)

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20598. ROMAN EMPIRE. HADRIAN, 117–138 AD.
Silver Cistophorus, 10.62 g, 29 mm. Issue of Hierapolis, AD 129–130.
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, draped bust of Hadrian right. Rev. COS III, Apollo Citharoedus standing facing, looking right, holding lyre and plectrum.
Metcalf, The Cistophori of Hadrian, Series 53, nos. 234-253 (this seemingly from same dies as no. 253); RPC III 1395.
NGC VF, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5, “overstruck,” with traces of the undertype visible on reverse although the original coin type is not clear.