Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1010. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.42 g, 6h). Mint A. Struck after 128 AD. LVCVSTVS HLDPILNVS P P (sic), bare head right / COS III, six grain ears tied in a bundle. RIC II -; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 77, 314 var. (for rev. type); BMCRE -; RSC -. VF, minor slip strike on obverse. areas of minor porosity. Unique and unknown to Metcalf. ($500)

This reverse type, with COS III across the lower field and multiple leaves on the stalks, was previously known from a single specimen in Vienna, which Metcalf assigned to an uncertain Mint A. The bust type and unusual legend, though, are unrecorded for this mint.