Ex Biaggi Collection
Calicó Plate Coin

Triton XX, Lot: 733. Estimate $20000. Sold for $42500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.42 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust right / SECVRI–TAS AVG, Securitas seated right, resting head on right hand, holding scepter in left. RIC II 271 var. (bust type); Calicó 1373 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 655 (this coin); BMCRE 748 var. (same). EF, underlying luster, small flaw on reverse. Fine style portrait.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 655.