Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1468. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.94 gm). Struck circa 128-132 AD. Laureate head right / Genius of Senate and Hadrian standing vis a vis, clasping hands; Roma standing right, behind, holding clasped hands and spear. RIC II 968; BMCRE 1364 (same reverse die); cf. Cohen 352. VF, brown patina, light roughness. Rare. ($1000)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.

This reverse type, representing "Concordia Senatus," likely commemorates the conferring of the title pater patriae upon Hadrian by the Senate in 128 AD.