Cappadocia Sestertius

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 624. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (24.94 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134/5-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust right / CAPP-A-DOCIA, S C across field, Cappadocia standing facing, head left, holding Mt. Argaeus in extended right hand, vexillum in left. RIC II 847f; Strack 714; Banti 118; BMCRE 1726; Cohen 206. VF, attractive green patina. Well struck on a broad flan. Rare.