120, Lot: 159. Estimate $150. Sold for $145. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ As (27mm, 14.35 g). Struck 134-138 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant's skin headdress, reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopiae, modius at her feet. RIC II 841; BMCRE 1712; Cohen 143. Good VF from the stand point of wear, golden tan surfaces, rough with some pitting on the obverse.
From the Tony Hardy Collection.