Hadrian AD 117-138. Ephesus
Cistophorus AR
27mm., 10,04g.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bare head right / COS III, cult statue of Artemis Leukophryene facing, wearing high headdress, fillets falling from extended forearms, between two eagles on ground that walk away from her with raised wings, while two small Victories in upper field extend wreaths to crown her head.
very fine, traces of overstriking
Metcalf Type 13 var. (HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P on obverse).