Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1598. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (28.10 gm, 6h). Struck 134-138 AD. Bare head right / RESTITVTORI GALLIAE, Hadrian standing right, extending right hand to raise up a kneeling Gaul. RIC II 950 var. (bust type); BMCRE 1806 var. (same); Cohen 1251 var. (same). Good VF, mottled green patina, fields smoothed. Rare. ($1000)