278, Lot: 293. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.48 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 122-125. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising tuft of skirt. RIC II 612b var. (bust type); Banti 595 var. (same). Good VF, dark brown patina, some smoothing, flan crack.