Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1603. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
2005. HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric 
Tetradrachm (10.95 gm, 7h). Smyrna mint. Struck 
after late 128 AD. Bidding Closed Estimate $500 

      HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm 
      (10.95 gm, 7h). Smyrna mint. Struck after late 128 
      AD. Bare head right / Two Nemeses standing facing, 
      vis-à-vis, each holding out fold of drapery; the 
      left also holding a bridle, the right a rule. RIC 
      II 507; Metcalf, Cistophori 32, - (O23/R29; 
      unlisted die combination); RSC 326. VF, traces of 
      minor encrustation. Overstruck on an uncertain 
      undertype. ($500)

      From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Ponterio 
      95 (18 August 1998), lot 590.

$650, $747.5, €526.5, £357.5, C$812.5, A$845, on June 8, 2005.

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