316, Lot: 378. Estimate $500. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.07 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 132-135. Laureate and draped bust left / Galley left with six oarsmen: at the bow a mast raking forward with flag and sails attached, at the stern is a hortator and an arched cabin between two standards. RIC II 706; Banti –. Fair, greenish-brown patina.
From the Simon Shipp Collection.