Triton XVI, Lot: 1085. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / COS III, Hadrian right on horseback, raising right hand. RIC II 186; Strack 146; Calicó 1215a; BMCRE 433. Near EF, minor die break in obverse field by forehead. Impressive portrait coin.