210, Lot: 266. Estimate $150. Sold for $322. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.09 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / Africa reclining left, wearing elephant skin headdress, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket containing grain ears and poppy at feet. RIC II 840; Banti 91. VF, green patina, surfaces a little rough.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.