136, Lot: 228. Estimate $200. Sold for $301. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 22.98 g). Struck 121-122 AD. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / Minerva standing left, dropping incense on candelabrum and holding spear; against her, shield with serpent climbing on it. RIC II 611b; BMCRE 1254; Cohen 1067. Near VF, mottled, glossy green and brown patina, surfaces a little rough, fields smoothed.