Hadrian’s Provincial Series

172, Lot: 212. Estimate $100. Sold for $191. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.58 g). Rome mint. Struck AD 134-138. Laureate head right / AFRICA, Africa reclining left, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket containing grain ears and poppy at feet. RIC II 299; BMCRE 816; RSC 138. VF, toned.

From The John A. Seeger Collection.