392, Lot: 534. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (34.5mm, 25.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 118. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Hadrian seated left on
sella castrensis set on daïs, extending his right hand, attending to the distribution made by an officer, who is seated, to a citizen mounting steps up to it; Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera. RIC II 552; Banti 488. Near VF, river coin with rough surfaces that has been darkened, hairline flan crack.
From the Collection of a Director.