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Triton XIX Sessions 1 & 2 5 January 2016
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.11 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. HΛDRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust right / AFRICA, Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, reclining left, placing right hand on neck of lion standing left, and resting left arm on basket; grain ears behind. RIC II 298c; Strack 296ζo; Calicó 1198 (same dies); BMCRE 808; Biaggi 578 var. (bust left). Good VF, toned, a couple hairlines on obverse. Very rare with obverse head right.