| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3121 | Auction date: 13 January 2025 |
| Lot number: 33073 Price realized: 105,000 USD (Approx. 102,438 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients Hadrian (AD 117-138). AV aureus (21mm, 7.30 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 5/5, Fine Style. Rome, ca. AD 130-133. HADRIANVS-AVG COS III P P, bareheaded bust of Hadrian left / HISPANIA, Hispania reclining left, branch raised in outstretched right hand, left resting on rock behind; rabbit crouching right before her. Calicó 1273 (same dies). RIC II.3, 1530. Rare, especially in such remarkable condition. The Fine Style devices, seemingly struck from fresh dies, result in exceptional eye-appeal. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 141 (7 November 2023), lot 228; A. Moretti Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 38, 21 March 2007); Michael F. Price Collection (Stacks-Bowers Galleries, 3 December 1996), lot 174; Numismatic Fine Arts, Auction XXII (1 June 1989), lot 57; D. Anderson, Esq. Collection (Glendining, 3 December 1929), lot 836. Publius Aelius Hadrianus was born in AD 76, the son of a distinguished Spanish senator and related through his mother to the future Emperor Trajan, who took him into his household when Hadrian was nine years old. After Trajan's accession, Hadrian held a series of civilian posts, including a consulship in AD 108, and commanded legions during the Dacian and Parthian wars. Hadrian was not formally adopted until Trajan lay on his deathbed in August, AD 117; after succeeding to the throne, Hadrian abandoned many of Trajan's over-ambitious conquests and engaged in a policy of peace abroad and reform at home. He spent most of his 21-year reign traveling, visiting every province of the Roman Empire. Under his patronage, Roman art and sculpture reached its creative peak. Hadrian came to see himself as a "second Augustus," providing the empire with a new foundation as a vast commonwealth of nations under Rome's guiding hand. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/roman-imperial-hadrian-ad-117-138-av-aureus-21mm-730-gm-6h-ngc-choice-auand-9733-5-5-5-5-fine/a/3121-33073.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3121-01132025 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 50000-80000 USD Certification number: NGC 6827744005 |  |
