Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 1019. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm (10.46 g, 6h). Uncertain Asia Minor mint. Struck after 128 AD. Laureate head right / Distyle temple on podium of three steps; within, Minerva standing facing, head left, holding patera and shield set on ground; spear upright to her left. RIC II 300 var. (draped bust); cf. Metcalf, Cistophori, type 116, 391 (same rev. die [R 9], different obv. type); BMCRE p. 392* var. (same); RSC 300 var. (same). VF, light graffiti in obverse field. ($500)