436, Lot: 329. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Stratonicaea-Hadrianopolis. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ (20mm, 5.02 g, 6h). Candidus, strategos. Struck circa AD 128-130. ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС [ΚΤ]ΙСΤΗС, laureate head right / ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟΠO (CTP) (KA), Zeus enthroned left, holding patera and scepter. LS 12; RPC III 1780. Good VF, olive green patina, light deposits, hairline flan crack.

From the Viggo Collection. Ex Numismatik Naumann 44 (7 June 2016), lot 635.

The obverse legend identifies Hadrian as the ktistes (“founder”) of the city.