Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 925. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (25.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 120-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIAN-VS AVG P M TR P COS III, laureate head right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, S C in exergue, Libertas, draped, seated left on throne, holding branch in right hand and scepter in left, left foot on stool. RIC II 583a; Strack 549; Banti 509; BMCRE 1190A; Cohen 948. Near EF, handsome, dark brown-green patina. Bold portrait, wonderful details.