Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1485. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.61 gm). Struck circa 134-138 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / EXERCITVS, MAVRETANICVS in exergue, Hadrian right on horseback, extending hand to four soldiers, the first of whom holds legionary aquila; the next two holding military standards; the third, a vexillum. Cf. RIC II 925; BMCRE 1681 note; Cohen 576. VF, brown and olive patina, minor smoothing, minor spots of encrustation. Rare. ($3000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Harlan J. Berk 115 (2 August 2000), lot 588.