279, Lot: 488. Estimate $200. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.90 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. Laureate and draped bust right / LIBERAL AVG, Hadrian seated left on curule chair set on daïs, behind him stands praetorian prefect and before stands Liberalitas holding tessera; on steps before a citizen standing right and holding out fold of toga. RIC II 131 var. (bust); RSC 911a. VF.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.