Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1055. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (11.36 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after AD 128. Laureate head right / Octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze. RIC II 461b; Metcalf, Cistophori, type B1, 6 var. (O5/R- [unlisted rev. die]); RSC 240b. Good VF, handsome toning, a few light scratches under tone.