Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1449. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.18 gm). Struck circa 122-125 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, drapery on left shoulder / Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 612b; BMCRE 1256; Cohen 1154. VF, Tiber patina, some corrosion on reverse. ($500)

Ex Lanz 106 (26-27 November 2001), lot 400.