HADRIAN SILVER CISTOPHORUS – ISSUE OF SARDES OVERSTRUCK USING AN ERROR OBVERSE DIE ON A COIN OF AUGUSTUS – VF ROMAN PROVINCIAL COIN (inv. 20873)

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20873. ROMAN EMPIRE. HADRIAN, 117–138 AD.
Silver Cistophorus, 9.64 g, 28 mm. Issue of Sardes, after AD 128.
Obv. HADRINVS (sic!) AVGVSTVS P P, bare head of Hadrian right. Rev. COS III, cult statue of Kore facing, stalks of grain and poppies on either side.
Metcalf, The Cistophori of Hadrian, Series 47, nos. 207–218 (same dies as 215); RPC III 1386.
NGC VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, “overstruck,” an engraver’s error where the emperor’s name is misspelled as [H]ADRINUS. The coin is overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus with six grain ears, RPC I 2212, with the outline of Augustus’ head clearly visible on the obverse and two grains visible on the reverse.