Watch List notes:

ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN EMPIRE, Hadrian, AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (28.3g). Struck AD 124. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, laureate bust facing right, wearing an aegis. Rev. PIETAS AVGVSTI, S-C, Pietas standing right, raising her right hand and holding a small vase of incense, lighted altar at her feet on right (RIC 587a var; BMC 1198 var; C 1040 var; RCV 3617 var). A superb and well-detailed portrait, beautiful green-brown patina and most attractive. Extremely fine.

ex Spink Numismatic Circular, October 2003, vol CXI, no.5, item RM1562 (illustrated on the front cover).

Estimate: $ 4,500