Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 990. 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 (10.67 g, 7h). Miletus mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Temple of Apollo Didymeus: tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, pellet in pediment; within, statue of Apollo standing facing, holding stag and bow. RIC II 519; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 26, 111 / type 24, 104-105 (obv. die [O 7]/rev. type); BMCRE 1082 note; RSC 287. VF. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group VIg. ($500)