Triton XVIII, Lot: 1085. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.41 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 119-124/5. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Libertas standing left, holding pileus in outstretched right hand and cradling scepter in left arm; LIB PVB across field. RIC II 128; Strack 75η; RSC 907b; BMCRE 283 var. (bust type). EF, toned. Well centered and well struck.

From the A.K. Collection, purchased from Münzen und Medaillen AG, 1959.