Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 965. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.43 g, 11h). Struck 134-138 AD. Laureate and draped bust right / ADVENTVI AVG AFRICAE, Hadrian standing right, raising his right hand, facing Africa standing left, holding standard and patera; altar between, bull on ground behind altar. RIC II 872; BMCRE 1630; Cohen 10. VF, dark brown patina. ($750)