412, Lot: 534. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 23.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HΛDRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / S C across field, Diana, draped, standing left, holding arrow in right hand and bow in left hand. RIC II 777; Strack 702α; Banti 713; BMCRE 1546. VF, brown and green surfaces, lighter highlights, minor edge split. Struck on a thick medallic flan.
From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (31 March 2008), lot 2149.