172, Lot: 214. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.13 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Bare head right / NILVS, Nilus reclining right on object, holding reeds and cornucopia; hippopotamus at feet; crocodile in water below. RIC II 310; BMCRE 857; RSC 989. VF, toned, numerous field marks and bumps.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.