Unpublished Hadrian Cistophorus

CNG 91, Lot: 897. Estimate $500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (26mm, 10.34 g, 6h). Uncertain mint. Struck circa AD 128-132. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate and draped bust right / COS III across field, triumphal arch surmounted by figure raising hand and holding scepter, flanked by statues of horses prancing left and right. RIC II -; Metcalf, Cistophori -; RSC -. VF, bright surfaces, porous obverse, small deposits. Extremely rare. None in CoinArchives.