Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 609. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (24.76 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS III, S C across field, Virtus standing left, right foot on helmet, holding parazonium in right hand and inverted spear in left. RIC II 638; Strack 614; Banti 196; BMCRE 1307-8; Cohen 356. Good VF, dark green-brown patina.