Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1483. Estimate $1250.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.74 gm). Struck circa 134-138 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / RESTITVTORI ACHAIAE, Hadrian standing left, holding roll, raising a kneeling Achaea; amphora containing palm between. RIC II 938; BMCRE 1781; Cohen 1216. Good VF, brown patina, light porosity and field marks on reverse. Rare. ($1250)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.