Watch List notes:

Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 6.34 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 117. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN H ADRIANVS AVG •, laureate bust right, showing bare chest, slight drapery, wearing balteus / • P M TR P COS DES II •, ORIENS in exergue, radiate and draped bust of Sol right, hair banked in curls from forehead down to neck. RIC II.3 87 (same obv. die as 2nd illustration/same rev. die as 1st illustration); Strack 29; Calicó 1297 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE p. 242, note *; Biaggi 626 (same dies). Light reddish tone, edge irregularity. Good VF. Rare.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 84 (20 May 2015), lot 1859 (hammer 8000 CHF).