436, Lot: 578. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.30 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. VF, deep old cabinet toning with iridescence, struck from artistic dies.

From the William Whetstone Collection.