63, Lot: 84. Estimate $100. Sold for $186. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.47 gm). Struck 125-128 AD. Laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder / Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting left elbow on statue of Spes. RIC II 172; RSC 328 var. (Spes on column). Toned good VF, artistic portrait.

It is odd that RSC, which lists so many minute varieties, appears to have overlooked this major one.