Lotto 244 | Hadrian (117-138), Sestertius, Rome, 125-128; Æ (28,14 g; 33 mm; 5 h)

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Auction 347 – RES PVBLICA, IMPERIVM, BYZANTIVM A Selected Collection of Roman Republican, Imperial and Byzantine Coins 2nd Part
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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).