CNG 88, Lot: 1328. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 9.70 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after AD 128. Laureate head right / Octostyle temple of Rome and Augustus at Nicomedia, frieze inscribed ROM S P AVG. RIC II 461a; Metcalf, Cistophori, type B1, 1-2 var. (O1/R- [unlisted reverse die]); RSC 240a. VF, toned.

From the Sierra Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 1354.

Cistophori were produced in the name of the Commune Bithyniae for the first and only time under Hadrian. The 'S P' in 'ROM S P AVG' is presumably to be read "Senatui Populo."