Rare Bust Left Africa

CNG 105, Lot: 883. Estimate $750. Sold for $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.46 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Bare head left / AFRICA, Africa reclining left, leaning on rock, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket of grain ears at feet. RIC II –; RSC 137. EF, lightly toned. Rare.

From the estate of Dr. Robert B. Beckett, Jr. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 889.