Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 977. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.55 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / COM BIT, S P Q P (sic) across fields, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, POM AVG (sic) across frieze, pellet in pediment. RIC II -; Metcalf, Cistophori, type B14 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 1100; RSC 240d. VF. Attractive portrait. ($500)