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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, 121-2, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, imp caesar traian hadrianvs avg, rev. p m tr p cos iii, Emperor, right hand raised, riding left on prancing horse, s c below, exped avg in exergue, 24.42g (RIC 613b; C 593). A well struck coin of fine style, good very fine or better, green-brown patina £600-800
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Provenance: F. Trau Collection, Part I, Gilhofer & Ranschburg/Adolph Hess Auction 228 (Vienna), 22 May 1935, lot 1229.
This reverse depicts the emperor's departure from Rome in 121. His first grand tour of the Empire lasted four years
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Hadrian, Sestertius, Rome, 121-2, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, imp caesar traian hadrianvs avg, rev. p m tr p cos iii, Emperor, right hand raised, riding left on prancing horse, s c below, exped avg in exergue, 24.42g (RIC 613b; C 593). A well struck coin of fine style, good very fine or better, green-brown patina £600-800
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Provenance: F. Trau Collection, Part I, Gilhofer & Ranschburg/Adolph Hess Auction 228 (Vienna), 22 May 1935, lot 1229.
This reverse depicts the emperor's departure from Rome in 121. His first grand tour of the Empire lasted four years