Extremely Rare Hadrian Cistophorus

234, Lot: 241. Estimate $300. Sold for $480. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 9.89 g, 6h). Unidentified Mint B. Laureate head right / Fortuna seated left, holding cornucopia and rudder set on globe. RIC II -; Metcalf, Cistophori 83; RSC -. VF, lightly toned, some scratches. Overstruck on a ‘cista mystica’ type, with remnants of a coiled serpent visible before Fortuna’s head. Extremely rare. One specimen cited by Metcalf.