298, Lot: 211. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (25mm, 9.34 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Bareheaded and draped bust right / AFRICA, Africa reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopia, resting elbow on rock; basket of grain at feet. RIC II 841. VF, brown patina, scattered areas of active corrosion.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.