Watch List notes:

Hadrian. Sestertius; Hadrian; 117-138 AD, Rome, c. 121-3 AD, Sestertius, 27.43g. Bust var. of RIC-663 (R3). Obv: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN H - ADRIANVS AVG Bust laureate, draped r. Rx: P M TR P - COS III S - C Ceres standing l. holding wheat ears and long burning torch. Apparently a new bust-type variety of this sestertius. RIC-663, pl. 82, records only one coin, in trade, with a similar bust type, but there with pteryges on right shoulder and a fold of cloak above the pteryges, two elements that our coin omits.Wonderful portrait of Hadrian probably copied from a sculptural portrait. Olive patination . MS

Estimate: $2000