Watch List notes:

Hadrian, 117-138. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.35 g, 6 h), Rome, 119-125. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG Laureate head of Hadrian to right, drapery on left shoulder. Rev. P M TR P COS III Galley with seven oars to left. BMC 246. Cohen 1174. RIC 113. Lightly toned and lustrous, an exceptional example. Virtually as struck.


From the collection of Yves Gunzenreiner and from a Swiss private collection kept in a bank safe in Lugano since the early 1980s.