Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1601. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $680. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.81 gm, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / DIANA EPHESIA, cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia; stags at sides. RIC III 474; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori 5, 18 (O6/R8); RSC 535. VF. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Ponterio 95 (18 August 1998), lot 591.