CNG 111, Lot: 696. Estimate $4000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.09 g, 12h). “Travel series” issue. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust left / HISP ANIA, Hispania, draped, reclining left, holding up olive branch in right hand and resting left arm on rock; to left, rabbit right. RIC II 305h; Strack 303¹/ζο; Calicó 1274 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 844 var. (not draped; same rev. die); Biaggi 615 var. (same; same rev. die); Jameson –; Mazzini 828 var. (same; same rev. die). Near EF, mount marks.

Ex Berk BBS 132 (14 May 2003), lot 9.