335, Lot: 484. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.77 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Bareheaded and draped bust right / RESTI[TVTORI SIC]ILIAE, Hadrian standing right, holding volumen and extending right hand to raise up a kneeling Gaul, wearing triquetra on her head and holding grain ears. RIC II 965; Banti 684. Fine, mottled tan-brown, red and green patina. Rare type.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection (Stack’s, Bowers and Ponterio 174 (11 January 2013), lot 5291.