Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1484. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.68 gm). Hierapolis mint. Struck after 129 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Apollo Citharoedus standing right, holding plectrum and lyre. RIC II 482; Metcalf, Cistophori 53, 250 (O13/R17; this coin); Pinder 61; BMCRE 1054; RSC 285. Toned VF, a few scratches. Overstruck on an uncertain cistophorus of Augustus. ($500)

Ex Harvey J. Hoffer Collection.