120, Lot: 166. Estimate $200. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ As (27mm, 11.64 g). Struck 134-138 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / NILVS, Nilus reclining right, holding reed and cornucopiae; hippopotamus at feet. RIC II 862; BMCRE 1774; Cohen 996 var. VF, dark green patina, scuff above ear, some minor roughness and encrustation.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.