Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 972. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.43 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / COM BIT, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, no pellet in pediment. RIC II 461b; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type B1, 9/4 (O7/R4; unlisted die combination); BMCRE 1099 note; RSC 240b. VF, light scratches in fields. ($500)