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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Hadrian, Sestertius, Rome, 118, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder, imp caesar traianvs hadrianvs avg, rev. pont max tr pot cos ii, Emperor seated left on curule chair raised on dais; in front, seated officer distributing coins to a citizen, togate, mounting steps to platform, Liberalitas in background holding tessera, liberalitas avg s c in exergue, 26.26g (RIC 552; cf. BMC 1136; C 914; Sear 3606). Surfaces a little marked, otherwise very fine or better, dark patina, rare £600-800
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Provenance: Bt Spink December 1941.
This largesse or congiarium was held on the occasion of Hadrian's return to Rome in 118
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Hadrian, Sestertius, Rome, 118, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder, imp caesar traianvs hadrianvs avg, rev. pont max tr pot cos ii, Emperor seated left on curule chair raised on dais; in front, seated officer distributing coins to a citizen, togate, mounting steps to platform, Liberalitas in background holding tessera, liberalitas avg s c in exergue, 26.26g (RIC 552; cf. BMC 1136; C 914; Sear 3606). Surfaces a little marked, otherwise very fine or better, dark patina, rare £600-800
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Provenance: Bt Spink December 1941.
This largesse or congiarium was held on the occasion of Hadrian's return to Rome in 118