320, Lot: 429. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.17 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 132-135. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Galley left with six oarsmen: at the bow a mast raking forward with flag and sails attached, at the stern is a hortator and an arched cabin between two standards. RIC II 706; Banti 338. Fine, tan surfaces, some roughness.
From the Simon Shipp Collection.