Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1455. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.30 gm). Struck 118 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / LIBERALITAS AVG in exergue, Hadrian seated left in curule chair on raised daïs, extending hand; official seated before, handing coin to figure climbing ladder right and extending hand to receive it; statue of Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus, on daïs behind. RIC II 552; BMCRE 1137; Cohen 914. Near VF, brown patina, minor porosity on reverse. Rare. ($300)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.