Watch List notes:

Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.65 g, 12h). "Travel series" issue ("Provinces cycle") – Adventus type. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust right / ADVENT VI AVG IVDAEAE •, S C in exergue, Hadrian standing right, raising right hand and holding volumen in left, facing Judaea standing left, holding patera in right hand and acerrum in left; at her feet, two small boys before her, one behind her, each holding a palm frond; between them, lighted altar. RIC II.3 1768; Banti 43 var. (sacrificial bull to left of altar); Hendin 1604b. Green patina, minor smoothing. Near VF. Rare.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 1003 (hammer $11,000).