Triton XXII, Lot: 1072. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CΛESΛR TRΛIΛN HΛDRIΛNVS ΛVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III, Hercules, naked, seated facing, holding club in right hand and distaff in left; shields to left, round shield in middle, cuirass to right. RIC II 55; Strack 86γ₁; Calicó 1318 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 97 var. (break in obv. legend); Biaggi 636 (same rev. die). Good VF, toned.

Ex Triton XX (10 January 2017), lot 731.