Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1479. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.41 gm). Smyrna mint. Struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / Two Nemeses standing facing, vis à vis, each holding out fold of drapery; the left also holding a bridle, the right a rule. RIC II 507; Metcalf, Cistophori 32, 141 (O20/R27); Pinder 82; BMCRE 1054; RSC 326. Toned, VF, light porosity. ($500)