CNG 111, Lot: 689. Estimate $10000. Sold for $15600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.30 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P COS III, Jupiter, naked to waist, seated left on low seat, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC II 64; Strack 93; Calicó 1304c var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 108; cf. Biaggi 630-1; Jameson –; Mazzini 1060. EF, toned.

From the Brexit Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 59 (4 April 2011), lot 991 (hammer 16,000 CHF).