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CNG Feature Auction 118

Lot nuber 1065

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.34 g, 6h). “Travel series” issue (“Provinces cycle”) – The province alone. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133.


CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 1065.
 Estimated: $ 500

Roman Imperial, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.34 g, 6h). “Travel series” issue (“Provinces cycle”) – The province alone. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. Laureate head right / AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left, holding sistrum and resting arm on basket; at feet to left, ibis standing right. RIC II.3 1481; RSC 100. Lightly toned. Good VF. Detailed strike.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 234 (9 June 2010), lot 238.

Hadrian seems never to have felt fully comfortable in Rome and spent most of his 21-year reign traveling, eventually visiting nearly every Roman province. The local mints often struck special issues of coins to mark the occasion of his arrival. Arriving in August of AD 130, the ever-curious Hadrian reveled in the sights and mysterious rites of Egypt and the whole imperial entourage undertook a barge trip up the Nile. Alas, this trip ended in tragedy when his beloved companion, the Bithynian youth Antinous, drowned in the Nile’s dark waters. Hadrian “wept like a woman,” according to the Historia Augusta, and ordered the city of Antinoöpolis founded along the Nile near the spot of the drowning.

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 118 lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 September 2021. CNG Feature Auction 118 – Session Three – Roman Provincial Coinage Part 2 through Roman Imperial Coinage Part 1 will be held Tuesday morning, 14 September 2021 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

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