Pedigreed to 1933

CNG 108, Lot: 611. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 27.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 122-125. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / Virtus standing left,with right foot on helmet, holding parazonium and spear. RIC II 614 var. (bust type); Banti 773 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, dark green patina, a few light scratches.

Ex R. Laughlin Collection (A. Hess 221, 18 December 1933), lot 542.