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366, Lot: 24. Estimate $400.
Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT COINS USED IN INDIA & INDIAN IMITATIONS. Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.25 g, 6h). Indian imitation. Struck after AD 134. (retrograde S)VИΛIR(retrograde D)ΛИ up right VΛC COS II P down left, laureate and draped bust right / P M TR P COS II, Jupiter enthroned right, holding thunderbolt and scepter. Cf. RIC II 64 (for rev. type [COS III]); cf. Calicó 1304-5 (same); Turner –. VF, areas of light toning in devices. An interesting hybrid, combining a reverse type of AD 119-122 and an obverse legend of 134-138.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.