Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.38 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 128-circa AD 129. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS III, Hadrian on horseback riding right, raising right hand. RIC II.3 930; Strack 215; Calicó 1221a; BMCRE 503; Biaggi 591 (same dies). Lightly toned. In NGC encapsulation 4938386-007, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 3/5; Fine Style, light marks.
Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 13 (15 November 2021), lot 24 (hammer 38,000 CHF); Numismatica Ars Classica 97 (12 December 2016), lot 124; Triton XIV (3 January 2011), lot 716; Ira & Larry Goldberg 69 (29 May 2012), lot 3540.