CNG 96, Lot: 794. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN H ADRIANVS AVG, laureate head right / P M TR P C OS III, Neptune standing left, holding acrostolium in right hand and trident in left. RIC II 72; Strack 100Δ; Calicó 1314; BMCRE 125; Biaggi 635. Near EF, toned, underlying luster, traces of deposits, a small spot of die rust on obverse.