312, Lot: 198. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 27.84 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 122-125. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Spes advancing left, holding flower and lifting hem of dress. RIC II 612b var. (bust type); Banti 595. VF, green patina, heavily tooled and smoothed.