Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 857. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AUGUSTUS. 27 BC-14 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.59 g, 6h). Unidentified mint C. Restitution issue struck under Hadrian, after 128 AD. Bare head of Augustus right / Hadrian standing left, holding grain ears. RIC I 532; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 92, 352 (O23/R-; unlisted rev. die); BMCRE 1094; RSC 1 (Hadrian and Augustus). VF, toned, graffiti on reverse. Rare. ($750)