Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1456. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Dupondius (11.64 g, 1h). Struck circa 124-128 AD. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, drapery over left shoulder / COS III, S C across field, Salus standing right, holding patera in left hand from which she feeds serpent held in right hand. RIC II 669; Strack 613; BMCRE 1341; Cohen 369 var. (bust type). Near EF, dark green patina. ($500)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.