370, Lot: 428. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.04 g, 7h). Travel series. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate bust right, with slight drapery / Alexandria standing left, holding sistrum and basket with serpent emerging. RIC II –; RSC 156b corr. (slight drapery as illustrated). Near VF, toned and lacquered.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.