Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. > Buy or Bid Sale 226Auction date: 13 February 2024
Lot number: 181

Price realized: Unsold
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Hadrian. Sestertius; Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 132 AD, Sestertius, 24.23g. RIC-1809 (R2), pl. 142 (this coin). Obv: HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Bust laureate, draped r., seen from side. Rx: RESTITV - TORI AFR[IC]AE on l. and r., S C in exergue, Hadrian standing r. raising kneeling Africa wearing elephant-skin headdress and holding wheat ears, three growing wheat stalks between them. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Rauch, Summer Auction, Cat. I, 13 Sept. 2010, 676. This is he rarer variant of this sestertius with Hadrian standing right rather than l.. aVF / Bold Fine

Estimate: 550 USD