Attractive Hadrian Aureus

CNG 91, Lot: 896. Estimate $10000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.10 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS III, she-wolf standing right, suckling the Twins (Romulus and Remus). RIC II 192; Calicó 1231. EF, traces of deposits, slight die shift on reverse. Well centered on a broad flan.