Triton XIX, Lot: 535. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 6.73 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-122. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / P M TR P COS III, Jupiter standing, slightly right, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC II 63c var. (bust type); Calicó 1301c (same dies as illustration); Biaggi 629 var. (bust type); BMCRE 101–5 var. (same). Good VF, toned with underlying luster in the devices. Rare, only one example in CoinArchives.