Triton XXII, Lot: 1077. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 26.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 132-135. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery / FELICITATI AVG above, COS III P P below, galley left with five oarsmen: at the bow a mast raking forward with flag and sails attached, at the stern is a
hortator and an arched cabin; S C to either side. RIC II 706 var. (obv. bust type); BMCRE 1398 var. (same); Banti 340. EF, dark green and brown surfaces, a few cleaning marks.
Ex Gorny & Mosch 240 (10 October 2016), lot 500.