HADRIAN SILVER CISTOPHORUS – EPHESUS ISSUE WITH ARTEMIS EPHESIA OVERSTRUCK ON A MARK ANTONY CISTOPHORUS – CHOICE FINE NGC GRADED ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN (iNV. 14605)

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14605. ROMAN EMPIRE. HADRIAN, AD 117–138.
Silver Cistophorus, 10.80 g, 31 mm. Issue of Ephesus, after AD 128.
Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bare head of Hadrian right. Rev. COS III, Artemis Ephesia standing, flanked by stags.
RPC III 1347 (RPC Online lists 8 specimens).
NGC graded CHOICE F, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, “overstruck,” “undertype Antony+Octavia,” the undertype being an Ephesian cistophorus of Marc Antony and Octavia, RPC I, 2202. Substantial traces of the undertype appear around the top of the reverse (…IG ITER ET TERT), while faint traces of Dionysus on the reverse allow for a complete identification of the original coin.