Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 25.05 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 136. Near VF.

Electronic Auction 567
Lot: 582.
Closing Date: Jul 31 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Imperial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 25.05 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 136. Bareheaded and draped bust right / Roma Aeterna seated right, holding scepter and Victory. RIC II.3 2283 (R2); Banti 688. Brown patina, areas of smoothing and roughness, edge split. Near VF. None in CoinArchives. No photo or line drawing in Banti. Only one example in Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE). Extremely rare.

The example plated in RIC II.3 is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Another specimen was known to Strack in a private collection in Vienna. This is perhaps the fourth known.

Closing Date and Time: 31 July 2024 at 13:13:40 ET.

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