Ancients
Hadrian (AD 117-138). AE sestertius (33mm, 26.12 gm, 11h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Rome, ca. AD 131. HADRIANVS-AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped bust of Hadrian left, seen from side / FELICITATI / AVG / COS III P P, galley traveling left with five rowers, emperor seated in stern under roof, flanked by standard and vexillum, vexillum pointing forward at prow; S-C across fields. RIC II 706. RIC II.3 1293. Handsome left facing portrait.
From the T. R. Fehrenbach Collection
The reverse type refers to Hadrian's return to Rome from his second great tour of the empire from AD 128-131.
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Estimate: 1000-2000 USD