Hadrian, 117-138. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 27.82 g, 6 h), Rome, 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P Laureate bust of Hadrian to right with slight drapery over far shoulder. Rev. SALVS AVG / S C Salus standing right, feeding, from a patera, snake arising from altar to right. Banti 698 (this coin). BMC 1555. Cohen 1337. RIC 785. Attractive brown old cabinet patina. Smoothed fields, otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the collection of W. M. Stoecklin, Winterthur, Switzerland, acquired from Hirsch in Munich in 1967, ex Glendining & Co., 23 December 1966.