298, Lot: 153. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 28.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 118. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Hadrian seated left on sella castrensis set atop platform; before him, Liberalitas standing behind a seated attendant distributing donation to a citizen mounting steps. RIC II 552; Banti 488. VF, green and brown patina.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.