286, Lot: 342. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 10.53 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / COM(mune) BIT(hiniae), octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium; ROM S P AVG across frieze, pellet in pediment. RIC II 461b; Metcalf, Cistophori, Type B1, 8 var. (O6/R- [unlisted rev. die]); RSC 240b. VF, lightly toned, scratches on the obverse.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.