Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1350. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $2700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (31.31 gm). Struck 132-134 AD. Laureate bust right, drapery and aegis on left shoulder / Galley moving left with steersman and rowers; inclined mast with furled sail at prow, acrostolium, standard, and vexillum at stern. RIC II 706 var. (no aegis); Cohen 657 var. (no aegis). Good VF, green patina. ($3000)

Ex Arsantiqva 1 (3 November 2000), lot 251 (realized £4485).