HADRIAN SILVER CISTOPHORUS – ISSUE OF HIERAPOLIS WITH APOLLO CITHAROEDUS – CHOICE VF ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN (inv. 21456)

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21456. ROMAN EMPIRE. HADRIAN, 117–138 AD.
Silver Cistophorus, 9.64 g, 28 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. 242); RPC III 1395.
NGC CHOICE VF, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5, “overstruck,” “graffito,” with very faint traces of the undertype.