Ancient Coins and Antiquities

Roman Provincial Coinage, ASIA, uncertain mint ‘B’, Hadrian, Cistophoric Tetradrachm, after 128, laureate head right, rev. Fortuna seated left, holding cornucopia and rudder, 9.88g (Metcalf 83; RPC 1429). Overstruck on a ‘cista mystica’ type, with remnants of a coiled serpent visible before Fortuna’s head, good fine or better, the type extremely rare £200-£300

CNG e-Auction 234, 9 June 2010, lot 241