176, Lot: 235. Estimate $750. Sold for $1205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.78 g). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 132-135. Laureate and draped bust right / Galley sailing left, consisting of five rowers and
hortator seated beneath
acrostolium flanked by
signum and
vexillum, mast and sail on prow. RIC II 706; BMCRE 1395 var.. VF, dark grayish-brown surfaces.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group E161, lot 238.