CNG 85, Lot: 906. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.12 g, 12h). Travel series. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left, holding sistrum and resting elbow on basket; to left, ibis standing right. RIC II 838 var. (ibis standing on column); Banti 79 var. (same). VF, green and brown patina, areas of brick-red on reverse, smoothed.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 895.