Hadrian AR Cistophorus of Ephesus, Ionia. AD 117-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare-headed and draped bust to right / DIANA EPHESIA, facing cult statue of Artemis Ephesia, fillets hanging from each arm; stags to left and right at base. RPC III 1329; Metcalf Type 6; RSC 535a. 8.03g, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine; overstruck on a cistophorus of Marc Antony (type as RPC I 2202-3). Extremely Rare; RPC cites only three other examples.