Ancients
Hadrian (AD 117-138). AE sestertius (34mm, 28.99 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5, light smoothing. Rome, AD 119-123. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS-HADRIANVS AVG, laureate, heroic bust of Hadrian right, drapery on left shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS III, Hadrian seated left on platform, extending right hand to woman standing right, with infant in outstretched left hand, right hand on head of small child standing right behind her to left; S-C across fields, LIBERTAS RESTI/TVTA in two lines in exergue. RIC II 568. RIC II.3 236. Attractive green brown patina.
From the T. R. Fehrenbach Collection
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Estimate: 1000-2000 USD