Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1492. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Cistophorus (10.89 g, 6h). Ephesus mint. Struck after AD 128. Bare headed and draped bust right / Cult statue of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia. RIC II -; Metcalf, Cistophori, type 7 var. (obv. legend); RSC -. VF, light graffiti on reverse. Overstruck on an uncertain type. Unpublished obverse legend with very rare reverse type of Diana without adjunct creatures (only one example known to Metcalf).