Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Dupondius (26mm, 9.82 g, 12h). "Travel series" issue. Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 130-133. Bareheaded and draped bust left / AFRICA, S C in exergue, Africa, wearing elephant skin headdress, reclining left on rock, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket of grain ears at feet. RIC II.3 1618 var. (bust type); RIC II 841 var. (same). Brown patina, roughness, scratches, edge marks. VF. Unpublished variety of RIC II 841. Unlisted in the new RIC II.3.
From the Jack A. Frazer Collection, purchased from Numismatic Fine Arts, 15 December 1977.