Scarce “ADOPTIO” Issue

263, Lot: 324. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.25 g, 6h). Adoption issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 117. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / [PART]HIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG P M TR P COS [P P], [A]DOPTIO in exergue, Trajan and Hadrian standing vis-à-vis, clasping hands and holding rolls. RIC II 3d; RSC 4b. Good VF, surfaces a little rough. Scarce.