Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 895. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $975. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (24.22 g, 12h). Struck AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left, holding sistrum, resting elbow on basket; to left, ibis standing right; S C in exergue. RIC II 838 var. (ibis standing on column); Banti 79 var. (same). VF, green and brown patina, areas of brick-red on reverse, smoothed.