Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.25 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 4, circa AD 124-125. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS III, Sol, radiate, naked but for cloak on left arm, mounting quadriga left, holding reins in right hand and whip in left. RIC II.3 726; Strack 164α; Calicó 1209-10; BMCRE 378; Biaggi 583; Jameson 107; Mazzini 293. Numerous scratches in fields, chased. Good VF. Portrait of fine style. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS.
From the San Vicente Collection, purchased from Dr. Arnold Saslow, June 1992.