RESTITVTORI AFRICAE

271, Lot: 449. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate head right / RESTITVTORI AFRICAE, Hadrian standing left, holding volumen, about to raise Africa who is kneeling right, holding grain ears and wearing elephant skin headdress; between them, two upright stalks of grain. RIC II 322; RSC 1223. VF. Rare and popular type.