Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 27.11 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 133 – circa 135.

Electronic Auction 488
Lot: 480. Estimated: $ 200

Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (31.5mm, 27.11 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 133 – circa 135. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / SALVS AVG, S C across field, Salus standing right, holding patera and feeding snake coiled around and rising from altar to right. RIC II.3 2168; Banti 698. Dark green patina with traces of red, smoothing. VF.

From the Lampasas Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 447 (3 July 2019), lot 460; Marc Poncin Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 135, 15 March 2006), lot 113; UBS 63 (6 September 2005), lot 332.


Closing Date and Time: 24 March 2021 at 12:39:40 ET.

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