209, Lot: 354. Estimate $150. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.66 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 119-121. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / RESTITVTORI OR-BIS TERRARVM, emperor standing left, holding roll and extending hand to raise turreted female kneeling right, holding globe. RIC II 594b. Near VF, reddish-brown patina, smoothed, flan crack. Rare.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.