120, Lot: 146. Estimate $250. Sold for $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 23.92 g). Struck 122-125 AD. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Hadrian on horseback left, raising right hand. RIC II 613b var. (Hadrian wears cloak and holds spear); BMCRE 1261 var. (same); Banti 303 (same reverse die); Cohen 593. VF, brown patina, surfaces rough.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.