Triton XXI, Lot: 757. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (27mm, 10.73 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after AD 128. IMP CAES TRA HADRIANO AVG P P, laureate head right / COM BIT across field, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze. RIC II 461b; Metcalf, Cistophori, type B1; RSC 240b; cf. BMCRE 1099. EF, toned. Well centered and struck on a broad flan.