Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (16.5mm, 3.05 g, 7h). "Travel series" issue ("Provinces cycle") – Restitutor type. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. Laureate head right / Hadrian standing left, holding volumen, about to raise Africa who is kneeling right, holding grain ears and wearing elephant skin headdress; between them, two upright stalks of grain. RIC II.3 1571; RSC 1229. Deeply toned. Near VF. Rare.
From the Cloudesley Collection. Reportedly Ex Glendining (14 December 1988), lot 396 (part of).