Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Roman Provincial Coinage, PHRYGIA, Hierapolis, Hadrian, Cistophoric Tetradrachm, after 128, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Apollo standing right holding lyre and plectrum, 10.68g (Metcalf type 53; RPC 1395; BMCRE 1054; RSC 285). Overstruck on a coin of Augustus, very fine or better £150-£200

Provenance: CNG Mailbid Sale 73, 13 September 2006 (905); CNG eAuction 274, 22 February 2012, lot 359