CNG 96, Lot: 800. Estimate $500. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.20 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 128-132. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Hilaritas standing left, holding palm frond set on ground and cornucopia; on left, a small boy, standing right, lays hands on palm frond; on right, a small girl, standing left reaches upward. RIC 970; Banti 442. Good VF, red-brown and green patina, tiny pit on obverse. Bold reverse.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.23093.