| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.13 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 118. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right with exposed upper part of breastplate visible, wearing balteus / P M TR P COS II, SALVS AVG in exergue, Salus, draped, seated left on throne, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled around and rising from altar to left and resting left arm on back of throne. RIC II.3 135; Strack 40; Calicó 1369a (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE p. 250, note 84; Biaggi 654. Attractively toned, light marks, minor deposits. Good VF. Bold portrait struck in high relief. From the LCM Collection. Ex Roma XXI (24 March 2021), lot 593; Numismatica Ars Classica 92 (23 May 2016), lot 546. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
