115, Lot: 402. Estimate $200. Sold for $148. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 22.09 gm). Struck 125 AD. Laureate bust right, slight drapery on left shoulder / LIBERALITAS AVG IIII, Hadrian seated right on raised platform, extending right hand, Liberalitas standing before him emptying cornucopiae towards a citizen standing below holding out fold of toga, a second citizen is departing after receiving his gift. RIC II 649; BMCRE 1315 note; Cohen 933. Fine, glossy brown patina. Rare.

Hadrian's fourth liberality was likely held in conjunction with his return from abroad in 125 AD.