436, Lot: 577. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.24 g, 6h). “Travel series” issue. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Bareheaded and draped bust right / NILVS, Nilus reclining right, holding reed and cornucopia; to right, hippopotamus standing left, crocodile left below. RIC II 310; RSC 990. Good VF, lightly toned. Struck on a broad flan.

From the William Whetstone Collection.