Hadrian Æ As. Rome, AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust to right / RESTITVTORI AFRICAE, Emperor standing to left, holding scroll, extending hand to raise up a kneeling Africa wearing elephant headdress and holding bunch of corn-ears; corn growing on the ground between; SC in exergue. RIC II.3 1821; BMCRE 1796. 12.07g, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine; some cleaning marks. Rare.
From the inventory of a German dealer.