CNG 97, Lot: 657. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.50 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 124-128. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Pudicitia, veiled, standing left. RIC II 176; RSC 392. EF, underlying luster. Powerful, large bust of Hadrian.