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Auction 18  5 May 2019
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Lot 304

Estimate: 26 000 CHF
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Hadrian, 117-138. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 36 mm, 29.96 g, 6 h), Rome, 121. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HA-DRIANVS AVG Laureate bust of Hadrian to right, with bare shoulders and an aegis. Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS III / S - C Draped figure of Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus in her right hand and a cornucopia with her left. Banti 611 = BMC 1153 note = Vienna Rö 9770. Cohen 1192 var. (laureate only). Hill 198. RIC 563b var. (drapery only). Strack 530. Extremely rare, apparently only the second, and finer, example known). A wonderful coin with a superb portrait and a magnificent apple-green patina. Two flan cracks and an ancient edge bump, otherwise, good extremely fine.
From a collection in Liechtenstein, ex Heritage 3021, 6 January 2013, 21389, and Numismatica Ars Classica 59, 4 April 2011, 988.

This has to be among the finest sestertii of Hadrian in existence. Not only is the quality of the portrait outstanding. the condition and the patina are well-nigh perfect.
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