Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 943. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AV Aureus (7.25 gm). Struck circa 128-132 AD. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COS III in exergue, Hadrian riding right on prancing horse, raising hand. RIC II 348; Strack 215b; BMCRE 504; Cohen 410. EF. Wonderful portrait on an oversized flan. [See color enlargement on plate 17] ($10,000)