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RESTITVTORI ACHAIAE

CNG 102, Lot: 957. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $2555. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.42 g, 12h). Travel series. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / RESTITVTORI ACHAIAE, S C in exergue, Hadrian standing left, holding roll, raising a kneeling Achaea; amphora containing palm between. RIC II 938f; Banti 627; BMCRE 1782. VF, dark green patina, light smoothing and cleaning marks. Rare. Banti lists only 6 examples.


Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 73 (14 March 2007), lot 502.