Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 606. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (3.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P COS III, Hadrian, in military dress, standing facing, head left, holding rudder set on globe with right hand and reversed spear in left. RIC II 110 var. (cuirassed); Strack 84; RSC 1162a; BMCRE 240. Superb EF, toned.

From a Gentleman’s Collection.