Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1405. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.40 gm, 5h). Struck 120-122 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II 612b; BMCRE 1256; Cohen 1154. VF, bold high-relief portrait, dark-brown surfaces with orichalcum highlights. ($500)