Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1486. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (11.38 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after AD 128. Laureate head right / S-PR/COM BIT in two lines across field, octastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, shield in pediment. RIC II 462b; Metcalf, Cistophori, type B12 (unlisted dies); RSC 246a. VF, light scratches in field on obverse. Well-centered strike.