Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 953. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ As (13.26 gm). Struck circa 134-138 AD. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS COS III P P, bare-headed and draped bust right / AEGYPTOS, S C in exergue, Egypt reclining left on basket of fruit and grain, holding sistrum; ibis on cippus at feet. RIC II 839; Strack 707-; BMCRE 1700; Cohen 110. EF, reddish-brown patina with minor green encrustation on obverse. ($1000)

Ex Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection (Triton V, 15-16 January 2002), lot 1978; Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 94, 22 November 1999), lot 511.