Very Rare Variety

262, Lot: 331. Estimate $1000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.84 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Laureate head right / AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left, holding sistrum, resting elbow on basket; at feet, ibis standing right on column; small coiled serpent behind basket. RIC II 838 var. (no cobra); Banti -. Good VF, Tiber patina, porous and pitted surfaces. Very rare variant.