Metcalf Plate Coin

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3314. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $570. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (10.07 g, 7h). Ephesus mint. Struck after AD 128. Bare head right / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia. RIC II 475a; Metcalf, Cistophori, type 8, 61 (dies 43/50; this coin referenced and illustrated); RSC 536. VF, toned. Overstruck on a Cistophorus of Antony and Octavia (RSC 2).

From the John A. Seeger Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 281 (September 1967), no. 33.