Rare Britannia Issue

CNG 100, Lot: 1865. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ As (26.5mm, 11.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Britannia seated facing, foot on rock, resting head on hand and holding scepter; large shield set on ground to right. RIC II 577b. Good VF, dark green patina, areas of minor roughness and smoothing. Rare in this condition.