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384, Lot: 584. Estimate $200.
Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.26 g, 7h). “Travel series” issue. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Bare head right / AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left, holding sistrum and resting arm on basket; to left, ibis standing right. RIC II 297; RSC 99. VF.


From the Dr. Lawrence D. Sporty Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 408444 (June 2015).

One of the most important events of Hadrian's reign, his extended imperial tour of the provinces lasted for a large portion of his years as emperor. In order to take stock of his inheritance as well as to calm the disquiet which had arisen in the later years of Trajan's reign, the new emperor traveled throughout the provinces, re-establishing the Roman order and reconnecting with local governments, ultimately ensuring the Pax Romana for another half-century.