Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 23.53 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck late AD 121-123. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 132
Lot: 779. Estimated: $ 500

Roman Imperial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

Sold For $ 2 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 23.53 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck late AD 121-123. Laureate and cuirassed bust right, cropped of its pteryges shoulder straps, wearing gorgoneion on breastplate / Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC II.3 680; Banti 595. Dark green patina, smoothed. Good VF. Wonderful portrait.

From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Wayne Scheible Collection (Triton XXVII – Sesstion 6, 18 January 2024), lot 6143; Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 26 June 1950), lot 230.


The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 132 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 18-19 May 2026.

CNG Feature Auction 132 – Session Three – Lot 588-888 will be held Tuesday morning, 19 May 2026 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.