401, Lot: 519. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32.5mm, 28.41 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / Nilus reclining right, holding reed and cornucopia, resting elbow on sphinx left; child above knee; at feet, second child on back of hippopotamus; below, crocodile left. RIC II 867; Banti 562. Near VF, brown surfaces, some roughness. Rare.