Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1060. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (10.82 g, 7h). Ephesus mint. Struck after AD 128. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with figures; cult statue of Diana within. RIC II 475b; Metcalf, Cistophori, type 9 (unlisted dies); RSC 537. VF, a couple light scratches. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus (portrait visible on reverse).