Extremely Rare Issue Depicting the Deified Hadrian
227, Lot: 388. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Divus Hadrian. Died AD 138. Æ 24mm (9.70 g, 12h). ΘЄOC AΔPIANOC, laureate and draped bust of the deified Hadrian right / Tyche seated left on rock outcropping, holding rudder or club and cornucopia. BMC 9; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; SNG Righetti 2147. Near VF, earthen green patina, a little rough. Extremely rare.