Triton XXII, Lot: 1075. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.19 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS III, Spes advancing left, holding flower in her right hand and raising hem of dress with her left. RIC II 181; Strack 177; RSC 390; BMCRE 417. Superb EF, toned.

From the DMS Collection, purchased from CNG, August 2010, who purchased it from the remaining LHS stock.