Unpublished Hadrian Cistophorus

CNG 88, Lot: 1331. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (29mm, 10.44 g, 12h). Uncertain mint in Asia. Struck circa AD 128-132. HΛDRIΛNVS ΛVGVSTVS P P, laureate head right / COS III, modius holding seven stalks of grain. RIC II -; Metcalf, Cistophori -; RSC -. VF, toned, hairline flan crack. Unpublished. Extremely rare.

From the Sierra Collection.

This reverse type is not published for cistophori of Hadrian.