Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1486. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $770. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (23.90 gm). Struck circa 134-138 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / EXERC SYRIACVS in exergue, Hadrian on horseback right, extending hand to three soldiers standing left before, who hold standards. RIC II 932; BMCRE 1687; Cohen 569 var. (bare-headed bust). Near VF, olive and green patina, light roughness. Rare. ($600)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.