Hadrian's Travel Series
AEGYPTOS

416, Lot: 434. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 28.31 g, 12h). “Travel series” issue. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / AEGYPTOS, Egypt reclining left, holding sistrum, resting elbow on basket; to left, ibis standing right on column. RIC II 838; Banti 79. VF, dark brown surfaces with touches of red, shallow cleaning marks.

Ex Collection of a Director (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 392, 1 March 2017), lot 539.