Bertolami Fine Art - Máchova 838, Vinohrady 18, 120 00 Prague
Auction 347 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM A Selected Collection of Roman Republican, Imperial and Byzantine Coins 2nd Part
Wednesday 9 July 2025 hours 15:30 (UTC +01:00)
Hadrian (117-138), Sestertius, Rome, 125-128; Æ (28,14 g; 33 mm; 5 h)
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS Laureate bust of Hadrian to r., slight drapery over l. shoulder; Rv. COS III / S – C Virtus standing l., holding parazonium and long sceptre. RIC 638. Wonderful green patina; untouched. Good extremely fine / extremely fine.
Ex Ars Classica Naville & C. Auction VIII (25-28 June 1924); Ex Adolph Hess Nachfolger Auktion 209 (12 April 1932).