Figure 109

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Cistophoric Tetradrachm coin from Sardis. Struck after AD 128. Obv.: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P. The image of Hadrian (AD 117–138) with a bare head. Rev.: COS III. The cult image of Kore wearing a high head-dress; on the left, a stalk of grain, on the right, a stalk of grain and a poppy. (RIC 2.510; RSC 279).