Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 949. Estimate $4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.64 gm). Struck circa 134-138 AD. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare-headed and draped bust right, seen from behind / ADVENTVI AVG MA-VRETANIAE, S C in exergue, Hadrian standing right, holding roll, and Mauretania standing left, holding patera over lighted and garlanded altar, and vexillum; bull lying behind altar. RIC II 897; Strack 758/9-; Banti 47; BMCRE 1664; Cohen 63. EF, olive and red patina, light smoothing in fields. Rare. ($4000)