Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 1022. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (10.05 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after AD 128. Laureate and draped bust right / Tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, pellet in pediment; within, Hadrian standing right, holding scepter and Victory. RIC II 459c; Metcalf, Cistophori, type B7, cf. 26b (unlisted dies); RSC 243 var. (TRAI). Good VF, toned.