298, Lot: 213. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (27mm, 11.38 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / AFRICA, Africa reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopia, resting elbow on rock; basket of grain at feet. RIC II 841. Near VF, tan-brown patina, light porosity.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.