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                                Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1789. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
                                2002.  HADRIAN. BID Estimate $1000  

                              HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm 
                              (11.23 gm). Struck after 128 AD. Laodicea mint. 
                              Bare head right / Zeus Laodicea standing left, 
                              holding eagle and sceptre. RIC II 497; BMCRE 1066; 
                              Metcalf 56 (O16/R29); RSC 275. Lightly toned VF. 
                              Overstruck on an Augustus tetradrachm, with traces 
                              of his profile visible under Zeus. ($1000)
Lot was unsold.

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