203, Lot: 446. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dupondius (26mm, 13.12 g, 8h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 120-122. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Hadrian, togate, standing facing, head left, holding scroll and extending hand to receive scepter from eagle flying right. RIC II 602b var. (bust). VF, green patina, cleaning marks and spot of red in obverse field.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.