331, Lot: 271. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.12 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Bare head right / NILVS, river-god Nilus, holding reed and cornucopia, reclining right on overturned urn from which water flows; above leg, hippopotamus standing left; in water below, crocodile swimming left. RIC II 310; RSC 989. VF, toned, light porosity.