Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.46 g, 6h). Antioch (or Tyre?) mint. Struck August–December AD 117.

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Lot: 43. Estimated: $ 500

The McAlee Collection – Augustus to Clodius Albinus, Silver

Sold For $ 850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.46 g, 6h). Antioch (or Tyre?) mint. Struck August–December AD 117. IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO OPT AVG GER DAC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from front / PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG F [P M TR P COS P P], Trajan and Hadrian standing vis-à-vis, clasping right hands and each holding a volumen in left; ADOPTIO in exergue. RIC II.3 2959; RPC p. 449; RSC 4d; McAlee p. 217, fig. 22 (this coin illustrated). Toned, slight porosity, minute lamination in hair. EF. Very rare. An exquisite example of the first eastern issue of Hadrian.

From the Richard McAlee Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica E (4 April 1995), lot 2932.

McAlee suggests that the earliest eastern issues of Hadrian in fact originate in Tyre, based on this coin’s close similarity to the eagle-on-club tetradrachms that he also attributes there.

Closing Date and Time: 26 August 2020 at 10:14:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.