Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1469. Estimate $400. Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004. Sold For $580. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ As (11.42 gm). Struck circa 134-138 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / RESTITVTORI AFRICAE, Hadrian standing left, holding roll, raising kneeling Africa, who wears an elephant's skin headdress and holds two grain ears; three grain ears growing between. RIC II 942; BMCRE 1793 var. (bare-headed and draped bust right); Cohen 1227. Choice VF, attractive green patina. ($400)
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica L (18 May 2001), lot 1861.