313, Lot: 253. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.18 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 132-135. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / FELICITA/TI AVG P P in two lines above, COS III, galley rowed right by five oarsmen: hortator and Triton at stern. RIC II -; RSC 701a. Fine, toned. Rare.

From the Simon Shipp Collection.