Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 946. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AV Quinarius (3.36 gm). Struck 132-135 AD. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / COS III P P, Salus seated left on throne, feeding serpent, which is coiled about altar, from patera, and leaning on arm of throne. RIC II 180 (same reverse die); Strack 331b; BMCRE 415 (same dies); Cohen 365. Near EF. Very rare. Attractive portrait. [See color enlargement on plate 17] ($5000)

Ex Lanz 109 (27 May 2002), lot 423; Münzhandlung Basel 6 (18 March 1936), lot 1682.