CNG 106, Lot: 738. Estimate $7500. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.12 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESΛR TRAIAN HADRIANVS ΛVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III •, Genius, naked, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and grain ears in left. RIC II 91; Strack 109γ₁; Calicó 1328; BMCRE 177 var. (stop after TR P); Biaggi 640. Near EF, underlying luster, small mark on edge. Bold portrait.