CNG 102, Lot: 959. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 10.57 g, 7h). Cnidus(?) mint. Struck after AD 128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS III, Pax standing facing, head left, holding branch and scepter. RIC II –; Metcalf, Cistophori Type 76, 313 (unidentified mint A in Asia Minor); RSC 364a; RPC III 1372. VF, toned, a few light scratches. Nice metal for issue.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.