Ancients
Hadrian (AD 117-138). AV aureus (18mm, 7.27 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style. Rome, ca. AD 130-138. HADRIANVS-AVG COS III P P, bare head of Hadrian right / FORT-VN-A-SPES, Fortuna (on left), standing facing, head right, cornucopia cradled on left arm, right hand resting on rudder set on globe, facing Spes (on right), standing facing, head left, flower upward in right hand, hitching stola with left. RIC II.3 2204. Calicó 1266. High-relief portrait and attractive reverse type, all on satiny flan.
From the WTR Collection. Ex Gadoury, Auction 2018 (16 November 2018), lot 96; Aureo & Calicó, Auction 297 (18 October 2017), lot 1140
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Estimate: 8000-12000 USD