Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1021. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.98 g, 6h). Uncertain Asia Minor mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Minerva standing left, holding patera, spear, and shield. RIC II 503; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 118, 397/398 (O9/R16; unlisted die combination); BMCRE 1071; RSC 294. VF, toned. Overstruck on a cistophorus of Augustus, Sutherland Group VII. ($500)