Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1017. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.96 g, 5h). Mint D. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus and thyrsus; at feet, panther standing left with raised paw. RIC II 485; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 98, 367 / type 99 (obv. die/rev. type); BMCRE 1058; RSC 323a. VF, minor trace of light porosity. ($500)