111, Lot: 187. Estimate $200. Sold for $207. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (30mm, 8.20 gm). Smyrna mint. Bare head right / COS III, two Nemeses standing facing each other, each pulling on drapery, one holding bridle, the oother holding a cubit rule. RIC II 507; Metcalf, Cistophori 32 (O18/R-; reverse die not listed). Fine, toned, overstruck on uncertain undertype. 

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.