154, Lot: 183. Estimate $750. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.09 g). Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / RESTITVTORI ACHAIAE, Hadrian standing left, holding roll, raising a kneeling Achaea; amphora containing palm between. RIC II 938; BMCRE 1782; Cohen 1218. VF, brown surfaces, even slight roughness. Rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 1467; Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 1977.