128, Lot: 336. Estimate $75. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.39 g, 6h). Struck circa 119-125 AD. Laureate head right / Salus seated left, feeding serpent arising from altar at left. RIC II 98a; BMCRE 207 var. (drapery); RSC 1151 var. (same). Good VF, light tone. A rare variety.
From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.
A note below BMCRE 207 (p. 265) reads: "...does variant of obv., head, laureate r(ight), occur?"