CNG 106, Lot: 739. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6255. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (17.5mm, 6.00 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN • • HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III around, HERC GADIT across field, Hercules standing right, holding club set on ground and apple; prow on left; on right, river god reclining left. RIC II 125; Strack 68η₁ (same obv. die as illustration); Calicó 1270 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 274 (same obv. die); Biaggi 613 (same rev. die). VF, a couple minor marks, light weight, edge shaved in antiquity. Extremely rare, only one example in CoinArchives.