RESTITVTORI AFRICAE

275, Lot: 99. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 22.70 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / RESTITVTO[RI AF]RICAE, Hadrian standing left, extending right hand to raise up a kneeling Africa; tripod between. RIC II 941. Fine, green patina, deposits.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica I (19 May 1999), lot 1952.