298, Lot: 230. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (25mm, 10.35 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Bareheaded and draped bust right / NILVS, Nilus reclining left, holding cornucopia and reed, resting elbow on sphinx right; at feet, hippopotamus right, with head raised. RIC II 868. Fine, green and brown patina.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection.