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Electronic Auction 441  3 Apr 2019
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Lot 445

Estimate: 1500 USD
Price realized: 1300 USD
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 30.00 g, 12h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 134-138. Laureate and draped bust right / NILVS above, S C in exergue, Nilus reclining right, leaning on rock, holding reed and cornucopia on which two children are climbing; to right, hippopotamus standing left among reeds; crocodile below. RIC II 863; Banti 561. VF, green and brown surfaces, areas filled and heavily smoothed, evidence of tooling. Struck on a heavy, medallic flan.

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