108, Lot: 137. Estimate $150. Sold for $128. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 24.52 gm). Struck 134-138 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / RESTITVTORI BITHYNIAE, Hadrian standing right, holding roll, raising kneeling Bithynia, holding acrostolium, with foot on prow. RIC II 947; BMCRE 1800; Cohen 1245. Near VF, dark green patina, light roughness, flan crack. Rare.

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.