Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 981. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (11.00 g, 7h). Ephesus mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Temple of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia: ornate tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered base, pediment decorated with figures; cult statue of Diana within. RIC II 475b; Metcalf, Cistophori, type 9 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 1093; RSC 537. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Mark Antony and Octavia (cf. RSC 2). ($500)