Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 970. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $204. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Dupondius (13.99 g, 6h). Struck circa 134-138 AD. Bare headed and draped bust right / [NI]LVS, Nilus reclining right on object, holding reeds and cornucopiae; hippopotamus at feet, crocodile in water below. RIC II 862 var. (reeds around hippo); BMCRE 1774; Cohen 996 var. (bust type). Near VF, dark green-brown patina. ($200)