Triton XVIII, Lot: 1088. Estimate $20000. Sold for $32500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.40 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / COS • III in exergue, Hadrian, in military outfir, right on galloping horse, holding spear in right hand. RIC II 187 (bust type d); Strack –; Calicó 1228 = Biaggi 594; BMCRE 435; Kampmann 14 (this coin). Choice EF, attractively toned, traces of underlying luster.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 433.