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Auction 32 8 January 2014
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ANCIENT COINS. Roman Coins. Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated. Hadrian (A.D. 117-138), Gold Aureus, 7.24g, 6h.Struck A.D. 117.IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO AVG DIVI TRA PARTH F, bust of Hadrian facing right, laureate, draped and cuirassed. Rev. DIVI NER NEP P M TR P COS, radiate head of Sol facing right, ORIENS below (RIC 16; Calicó 1293; BMC 35, pl. 46, 16 (this obverse die); C 1003).Two superb portraits, very well-struck in high relief, attractively toned over residual lustre, good extremely fine and a wonderful example.
Ex Kurt Simon Collection
Ex M&M, Auction XII, Basel, 11-13 June 1953, lot 811
Ex Hess-Leu, Lucerne, 2 April 1958, lot 329
Ex Leu Numismatik, Auction 10, Zürich, 29 May 1974, lot 140
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 38, Zürich, 21 March 2007, lot 56
Part of the Aurora Collection.
Estimate: US$ 35,000
Ex Kurt Simon Collection
Ex M&M, Auction XII, Basel, 11-13 June 1953, lot 811
Ex Hess-Leu, Lucerne, 2 April 1958, lot 329
Ex Leu Numismatik, Auction 10, Zürich, 29 May 1974, lot 140
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 38, Zürich, 21 March 2007, lot 56
Part of the Aurora Collection.
Estimate: US$ 35,000