108, Lot: 138. Estimate $100. Sold for $187. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.71 gm). Struck 134-138 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE, Hadrian standing left, extending right hand to raise up a kneeling Hispania; Hispania holding branch over shoulder; rabbit between. RIC II 954; BMCRE 1816; Cohen 1265. Near VF, brown patina, surfaces a bit rough. Rare.

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.