Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1247. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SAMARIA, Caesarea Maritima. Hadrian. 117-138 CE. Æ 31mm (19.19 gm, 1h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Hadrian, as priest-founder, plowing with team of oxen right; above, Nike flying left. Kadman, Caesarea, 27; Hendin 836; SNG ANS 766. Good VF, dark brown and green patina, a few cleaning marks. Rarely encountered this nice. ($400)

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 909.