From Hadrian's Travel Series

219, Lot: 447. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.56 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Bare-headed and draped bust left / Nilus reclining left on sphinx, holding cornucopia and reed; hippopotamus to left, crocodile below. RIC II 308; Calicó 1290. Fine, weight plug.