Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1000. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.87 g, 7h). Sardis mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Cult statue of Kore standing facing; grain ears and poppy at feet. RIC II 510; Metcalf, Cistophori, type 47 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 1075; RSC 279. VF. Overstruck on an uncertain undertype. ($500)