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Cistophorus with head of Hadrian

Roman Provincial
Imperial Period
A.D. 128–132 or later
Mint: Asia, Uncertain

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 28 mm. Weight: 10.21 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.561
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Hadrian, laureate, right.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVSPP
Reverse: Salus stands, head right, holding patera in left hand, serpent in right.
COS III

ProvenanceBy 1965: with Spink & Son, Ltd., 5, 6 & 7 King Street, St. James's, London, S.W. 1; purchased by MFA from Spink & Son, Ltd., May 12, 1965