CNG 99, Lot: 630. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS • III in exergue, Hadrian, with cloak floating behind him, on horse prancing right, holding spear in rest. RIC II 187; Strack 148β; cf. Calicó 1226a/1228 (for obv./rev. dies); cf. BMCRE 438/435 (for obv. type/rev. die); Biaggi 594 var. (obv. bust type – same rev. die). Good VF, a few minor marks, underlying luster.