Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 114 13-14 May 2020
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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 6.98 g, 6h). "Travel series" issue ("Provinces cycle") – Adventus type. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head right / ADVEN TVI • AV G ITALIΛE, Hadrian, bareheaded and togate, standing right, raising right hand and holding volumen in left; to right, Italia standing left, holding cornucopia and sacrificing with patera over lighted altar. RIC II.3 1558 (same rev. die as illustration); Beckmann, Gold (dies a31/ADIT3); Strack 316δο, pl. VI, 316 (same rev. die as illustration); Calicó 1177 (same rev. die as illustration); BMCRE 788 (same rev. die); Biaggi 573 (same rev. die). Small flat spot on edge. VF. Rare.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gemini VIII (with Heritage Auctions, 14 April 2011), lot 329; Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1762.
This and the following 22 lots (except lot 867) chronicle Hadrian's extensive tours of nearly all the Roman provinces, circa AD 117-132. Most were struck at the very end of this period.
From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Gemini VIII (with Heritage Auctions, 14 April 2011), lot 329; Numismatica Ars Classica K (30 March 2000), lot 1762.
This and the following 22 lots (except lot 867) chronicle Hadrian's extensive tours of nearly all the Roman provinces, circa AD 117-132. Most were struck at the very end of this period.