Triton XX, Lot: 730. Estimate $20000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 118. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS DES • III •, SALVS AVG in exergue, Salus seated left, leaning left arm on throne, holding with right hand a patera from which she feeds a serpent coiled around altar. RIC II 51 var. (obv. bust type); Calicó 1370 var. (same); BMCRE 93 note var. (same); Strack 48 var. (same); Biaggi –. Choice EF, lustrous. Extremely rare. Unpublished variant with a laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust type.

Ex Noble 75 (31 March 2004), lot 1699.