CNG 111, Lot: 690. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.86 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR • P • COS • III • around, GEN P R across field, Genius, naked to waist, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II 123; Strack 66η; Calicó 1267a (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 273; Biaggi 611 var. (altar to left; same obv. die); Jameson 101; Mazzini 796 (same rev. die). VF, flan crack.