Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.95 g, 12h). “Travel series” issue (“Provinces cycle”) – Restitutor type. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. VF.

Electronic Auction 563
Lot: 862.
Closing Date: Jun 5 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 400

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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 26.95 g, 12h). “Travel series” issue (“Provinces cycle”) – Restitutor type. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. Laureate and draped bust right / RESTITVTORI AFRICAE, S C in exergue, Hadrian standing left, holding volumen and raising kneeling Africa, wearing elephant’s skin headdress and holding grain ears; more grain grows between them. RIC II.3 1815; Banti 632. Light brown patina, minor roughness. VF.

Ex Cloudesley Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 514, 20 April 2022), lot 425 (hammer $1100).


Closing Date and Time: 5 June 2024 at 14:47:00 ET.

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