CNG 88, Lot: 1321. Estimate $500. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TR AIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / P M TR P COS III around, SAL AVG across field, Salus standing left, holding scepter and patera over altar, around which serpent is entwined. Cf. RIC II 138 (for reverse type); RSC 1323a var. (bust right); cf. CNG E244, lot 430 (for reverse type). Good VF, toned. Unpublished with bust left. Extremely rare.