Watch List notes:

Hadrian, with Divus Trajan. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck August-December AD 117. IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO OPT AVG G D PART, laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian right, with exposed upper part of breastplate, wearing balteus / DIVO • TRAIANO • PATRI, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Divus Trajan right. RIC II.3 27 (same dies as illustration); Strack 9η; Calicó 1413 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 46 (same dies); Adda 164 (same dies); Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Toned, some marks on obverse, traces of deposits. Good VF. Very rare, only this coin in CoinArchives.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Cederlind 131 (6 July 2004), lot 201; Münzen und Medaillen AG 93 (16 December 2003), lot 148; J. Hirsch XXIX (9 November 1910), lot 1025 (with its original holder).