CNG 102, Lot: 953. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.26 g, 7h). Travel series. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate head right / ASIA, Asia standing left, foot on prow, holding hook and rudder. RIC II 301d; RSC 189; BMCRE 834. EF, toned. Nice metal and an elegant portrait.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 997; Pepe Fernandez Molina Collection (Aureo & Calico 241, 8 February 2012), lot 90.