110, Lot: 112. Estimate $150. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesus. Hadrian. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (27mm, 8.97 gm). Struck after 129 AD. Bare head right / COS III, Asclepius standing facing, head left, leaning on serpent-entwined staff. RIC II 481; Metcalf 94 (O68/R82 - this coin illustrated); BMCRE 1053 note; RSC 290. Fine, toned. Traces of an undertype but not identifiable.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harmer Rooke (12-13 December 1986), lot 959; Hesperia Art Bulletin 26, lot 87.