334, Lot: 315. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 23.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Bareheaded and draped bust right / ADVENTVI AVG ITA[LIA]E, togate emperor standing right, facing Italia standing left, sacrificing from patera over altar and holding cornucopia; victim behind altar. RIC II 888c; Banti 34. Near VF, dark green, almost black, patina, earthen highlights.