Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 994. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.27 g, 1h). Smyrna mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cybele seated left on backless throne, holding patera and resting forearm on tympanum; at feet, lion left with paw raised. Cf. RIC II 488; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 33, 172 (O43/R-; unlisted rev. die); BMCRE 1060 var. (throne with back); RSC 283a. VF, spot of encrustation at base of neck. ($750)