AFRICA
Hadrian's Travel Series

366, Lot: 822. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.28 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HΛDRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare headed and draped bust left / AFRICA, Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, reclining left, placing right hand on neck of lion standing left, and resting left arm on basket; grain ears behind. RIC II 298; Calicó 1194; BMCRE 807; Biaggi 578. VF, minor marks. Rare bust left.