Triton XIX, Lot: 538. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.92 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIA N HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III around, GEN P R across field, Genius, naked to waist, standing left, holding patera in extended right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II 123; Strack 66η; Calicó 1267a (same obv. die); BMCRE 273 var. (no break in obv. legend); cf. Biaggi 611. VF, underlying luster, traces of deposits. Very rare bust variety.