108, Lot: 140. Estimate $150. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ As (26mm, 12.41 gm). Struck 134-138 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / NILVS, Nilus reclining left, holding reed and cornucopiae; hippopotamus at feet. RIC II 868; BMCRE 1778 note; Cohen 984. VF, dark brown patina with a hint of red, smoothing in fields.

From the Rudolf Berk Collection.