Two Exquisite Hadrian Aurei

Triton XX, Lot: 729. Estimate $15000. Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.36 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 118. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS II, Salus seated left on ornate throne, feeding serpent coiled around altar to left from patera; SALVS AVG in exergue. RIC II 46; Strack 40; Calicó 1368; BMCRE p. 250, note 84; Biaggi 654 var. (obv. bust type). Choice EF, lightly toned. Fine style portrait.

From the Kallman Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 54 (24 March 2010), lot 419; Numismatica Ars Classica 25 (25 June 2003), lot 450.