Interesting Silver-Plated Hadrian Sestertius

357, Lot: 384. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 119-122. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Securitas seated left, holding scepter and propping up head. Cf. RIC II 569; Banti 737. Near VF, porous, holed and silvered in antiquity.

Perhaps plated and holed in antiquity for ornamental or jewelry purposes.