Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1016. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.17 g, 6h). Mint D. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right, slight drapery on left shoulder / Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at feet, panther pouncing left. RIC II 485 var. (bust type); Metcalf, Cistophori, type 98 (unlisted dies); BMCRE 1057 note; RSC 323b. VF, area of minor porosity on reverse. ($500)