Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 973. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.67 g, 7h). Nicomedia mint. Struck after 128 AD. Bare head right / COM BIT, tetrastyle temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG across frieze, no pellet in pediment; within, draped male figure standing right, holding sceptre and Victory. RIC II 459a; cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type B5, 22 corr. (for type; no pellet); BMCRE 1096; RSC 241. VF, trace of porosity on reverse. Attractive portrait. ($500)