313, Lot: 251. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.14 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 132-135. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FELICITATI/AVG in two lines above, COS III P P in exergue, galley rowed left by five oarsmen: Triton on prow, hortator at stern. RIC II 209 var. (bust type); RSC 654. VF, gray toning.

From the Simon Shipp Collection.