172, Lot: 217. Estimate $100. Sold for $276. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (26mm, 11.68 g). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Bithynia kneeling right holding rudder, clasping hands and being raised by Hadrian standing left. RIC II 949; BMCRE 1804; Cohen 1239. Near VF, dark green patina, not bad for grade. Rare.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.