Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1020. 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 (9.92 g, 5h). Uncertain Asia Minor. Struck after 128 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / Six grain ears tied in a bundle. RIC II -; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 117, 392 (same obv. die [O 7], different rev. type); cf. BMCRE p. 391, || note; RSC -. VF, minor scratch in reverse field. A variety unknown to Metcalf. ($500)