120, Lot: 165. Estimate $750. Sold for $570. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 27.97 g). Struck 134-138 AD. Laureate head right / NILVS, Nilus reclining right leaning on sphinx, holding reed in right hand, cornucopiae in left; child behind, one child holding onto cornucopiae, another before; crocodile below. RIC II 781 var. (child on right stands on hippopotamus); BMCRE 1771 var. (bare-headed bust); Cohen -. VF, greenish-brown surfaces, lightly rough.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.