CNG 111, Lot: 691. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.15 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust right / AD VEN TVS • AVG, Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated right on cuirass, left foot on helmet, holding spear in left hand and clasping right hands with Hadrian, togate, who stands left, facing her; to left of Roma, round and oval shield. RIC II 224; Strack 221ζο; Calicó 1179 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 580 (same dies); Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. VF.