Very Rare EXERCITVS SYRIACVS Sestertius
Ex Ryan Collection

298, Lot: 238. Estimate $200. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 24.08 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Bareheaded and draped bust left / EXER[CITVS S]YRIACVS, Hadrian standing right on low platform, addressing three soldiers standing left, each holding shield and signum. RIC II 936 var. (bust type); Banti 285. Near Fine, brown patina, earthen deposits. Very rare.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection; Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Glendining’s, 2 April 1952), lot 2506 (part of).