Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 984. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.52 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / Jupiter (Zeus) Olympius seated left, holding statuette of Diana Ephesia and sceptre. RIC II 478 var. (bust type); Metcalf, Cistophori, type 13 (unlisted dies); cf. BMCRE p. 395 note; RSC 865a var. (same). VF, area of minor porosity on reverse. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group VIIg. ($500)