| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226 | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 98 Price realized: 6,000 USD (Approx. 5,573 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian Bronze Medallion. AE 33 medallion; Hadrian Bronze Medallion; 117-138 AD, Rome, 128-38 AD, Bronze Medallion, 40.60g. RIC-2884 (R2), pl. 211, (same dies); Mittag, Römische Medaillons, pl. 66, Hadr. 123.3 (this coin). Obv: IMP CAESAR HADRI - ANVS AVG COS III P P Laureate, mid-length torso seen from side, wearing large aegis which is fastened above the emperor's bare r. arm and falls both forward over his chest and behind over his back. Rx: COS III P P in small letters across lower field, Winged Victory in biga of horses prancing r. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CNG 75, 23 May 2007, 1486; ex CNG 69, 8 June 2005, 2211; ex CNG 67, 22 Sept. 2004, Coll. Garth R. Drewry, 1472; ex Harmer-Rooke, 12 Dec. 1986, Coll. Harvey Hoffer, 949; ex R. Ratto, 26 Jan. 1955, Coll. G. Giorgi. Wrongly considered to be a Renaissance copy or a modern forgery by the three CNG catalogues; but the piece is clearly struck and is from the same dies as several other obviously authentic examples cited by RIC-2884 and Mittag. With an unusual almost half-length portrait of Hadrian wearing a large aegis over his otherwise naked shoulders. The reverse die is interesting because, two or more years later, Hadrian's titles COS III P P were removed by the mint and the die was reused on a medallion of Diva Faustina I; see Gnecchi pl. 59.4.. aEF Estimate: 6000 USD |  |
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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226 | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 110 Price realized: 400 USD (Approx. 372 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian. Denarius; Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 121-3 AD, Denarius, 3.42g. RIC-566 (R2), pl. 14 (same dies). Obv: IMP CAESAR TR - AIAN HADRIANVS AV[G] Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed l. Rx: SAL - AVG across field, P - M TR P - CO - S III on l. and r., Salus standing l. holding patera and scepter, at her feet snake entwined around small altar. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Roma E36, 27 May 2017, 611. Rare with portrait left.This coin is struck in high relief on the obverse, with a beautifully designed portrait. VF Estimate: 400 USD |  |
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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226 | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 183 Price realized: 500 USD (Approx. 464 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Hadrian. 40-as; Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 130-3 AD, Sestertius, 23.70g. RIC-1743 (R2), pl. 136 (same dies). Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG [COS] III P P Laureate, draped bust r., seen from side. Rx: ADV[ENTVI] - AVG CI - LICIAE around, S C in exergue, Hadrian, togate, standing r., raising r. hand to greet Cilicia, who stands l., sacrificing from patera over altar, and holding vexillum with lowered l. arm; at her feet, forepart of sacrificial bull. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Dorotheum 424, Sept. 1992, 154. From the same dies as Trau-1187 and the Paris specimen illustrated by RIC.. Bold Fine Estimate: 500 USD |  |
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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226 | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 155 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Hadrian. Denarius; Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 132-8 AD, Denarius, 3.16g. RIC-1590 (R2), pl. 35 (same obv. die), C-951 (30 Fr.). Obv: [HADRIANVS] - AVG COS III P P Laureate, draped bust r., seen from side. Rx: MAR - TI Mars helmeted and in military dress standing l., holding spear and resting on shield. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Dionysos, eBay, 2 Sept. 2015. A rare type: only two specimens in Reka Devnia hoard with two different bust types. This MARTI type occurs only on denarii, not on aurei or bronze coins.. aVF Estimate: 150 USD |  |
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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226 | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 107 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Hadrian. Denarius; Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 121-3 AD, Denarius, 3.22g. RIC-557 (R), pl. 14 (same obv. die). Obv: IMP CAESAR TR - AIAN HADRIANVS AVG Head laureate l. Rx: PRO - AVG across field, P - M TR P - COS - III on l. and r., Providentia standing l. leaning on column, extending r. hand over globe at her feet and holding scepter in l. hand. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. Rare with portrait left.. Fine Estimate: 200 USD |  |
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| Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226 | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 170 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Hadrian. Sestertius; Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 132-8 AD, Sestertius, 22.30g. RIC-2402 (R2), pl. 177 (this coin). Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed r., seen from front. Rx: S - C Diana standing l. holding arrow and bow. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex CNG E145, 9 August 2006, 314.High-relief portrait. aEF / VF Estimate: 1250 USD |  |
