Triton XIX, Lot: 540. Estimate $25000. Sold for $45000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS above, III in exergue, she-wolf standing left, suckling the twins, Romulus and Remus. RIC II 193d; Strack 195θ; Calicó 1233a; BMCRE 449; Biaggi 598. Choice EF, lustrous, lightly toned. Bold portrait.