Watch List notes:

Hadrian. Cistophoric Tetradrachm; Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Cistophoric Tetradrachm, 10.66g, Hierapolis, Phrygia. Metcalf Type 53 (21 spec.), BM-1054, C-285 (30 Fr.), RIC-482 (R). Obv: HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS P P Draped bust r., head bare. Rx: COS - III Apollo standing r. holding lyre and plectrum. From the same obverse die as Metcalf's pl. 17, 253, but a new reverse die. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus with uncertain reverse type: the hairs and top edge of Augustus' portrait are visible at 6-8 o'clock on the reverse edge, and the faint outline of his profile - forehead, eye, nose - can be discerned upside down in the field behind Apollo.. VF
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