CNG 108, Lot: 617. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate head right / NILVS, Nilus reclining right, holding reed and cornucopia; to right, hippopotamus standing left; below, crocodile standing left. RIC II 310; RSC 991. Good VF, toned.

Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XX (9 March 1988), lot 195.