Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1600. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
        2005. HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Cistophoric 
        Tetradrachm (10.54 gm, 7h). Nicomedia mint. 
        Struck after 128 AD. 

Laureate and draped bust right / Octastyle 
      temple set on three-tiered podium, ROM S P AVG 
      across frieze, pellet in pediment. RIC II 461b; 
      Metcalf, Cistophori B1, 5 (O4/R-; unlisted rev. 
      die); BMCRE 1099 note; RSC 240b. VF. ($1000)

      From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.

      Cistophori were produced in the name of the 
      Commune Bithyniae only once, under Hadrian. 
$1200, $1380, €972, £660, C$1500, A$1560, on June 8, 2005.

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