Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33.5mm, 25.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 128-circa 129. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate bust right, slight drapery / HILAR I TAS • P • R, S C across field; COS III in exergue, Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding palm frond set on ground in right hand and cornucopia in left; on left, a small boy, standing right, lays hands on palm frond; on right, a small girl, standing left. RIC II.3 988; Strack 629α; Banti 442; BMCRE 1372. Red-brown and green patina, tiny pit on obverse. Good VF. Bold reverse.
From the JFL Collection. Ex Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.23093 (Classical Numismatic Group 96, 14 May 2014), lot 800.