Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 975. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.22 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after 128 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / COM BIT, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, three standing figures standing front in pediment, each holding a spear. RIC II 461c var. (no figures in pediment); cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type B13 (for types; same); BMCRE 1099 note var. (same); RSC 240 var. (same). VF, flan flaw on reverse. Unpublished variety with standing figures in pediment. ($500)