294, Lot: 672. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.52 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 119-125. Laureate and draped bust right / Hadrian seated left on curule chair set on daïs, extending hand to citizen standing right and holding fold of toga. RIC II 129 var. (bust type); RSC 909a. Good VF, lightly toned. Rare bust for type.

From the RCM Collection. Ex Gemini II (10 January 2006), lot 357.