Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 773. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SABINA, wife of Hadrian. Augusta, 128-136/7 AD. Æ Sestertius (29.19 g, 6h). Struck circa 128-134 AD. Diademed and draped bust right / Ceres seated left on basket, holding grain ears and torch. RIC II 1019 (Hadrian); BMCRE 1879 (Hadrian); Cohen 69. VF, dark green-brown patina. ($750)

Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 1494; Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 2066.