Kent & Hirmer Plate Coin

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1087. Estimate $20000. Sold for $37500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (36mm, 27.82 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 122-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P COS III, S C across field, Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting garment. Cf. RIC II 612; Strack 576η; Banti 595 (this coin illustrated); AdG p. 45 = Kent & Hirmer 288 (this coin); BMCRE 1256. Superb EF, dark emerald green patina. An exquisite coin.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Sotheby’s (8 July 1996), lot 114; Leu 48 (10 May 1989), lot 343; Erich von Schulthess-Rechberg Collection (Hess-Leu 17, 23 March 1961), lot 170; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part VIII, Glendining's, 26 May 1959), lot 34; Earl Fitzwilliam Collection (Christie’s, 30 May 1949); lot 133.