Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.33 g, 7h). Uncertain eastern mint. Struck AD 128-circa 130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, slight drapery / COS III, Concordia, draped, seated left on throne, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left arm on statuette of Spes at side of throne. RIC II.3 3036; Strack 167α; RSC 328; BMCRE 392-3. Lightly toned. Superb EF. Well centered and struck with dies of artistic merit.
From the Thomas A. Palmer Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18 March 1998), lot 2039.