CNG 87, Lot: 1001. Estimate $750. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.34 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 132-135. Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / Galley left with six rowers; Triton at prow, gubernator between signum and aquila at stern. RIC II 706 var. (bust type); Banti 343 var. (bowsprit with sail; same obv. die as illustrated coin); BMCRE 1394 note. VF, brown surfaces, minor roughness. Attractive, well centered strike.

From the Clarence & Helen Zaar Maritime Collection.