Hadrian. A.D. 117-138. AR denarius. 3.11 gm. 18 mm. "Travel series." Rome mint. Struck A.D. 130-133. His bare head right; HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P / Nilus reclining right, holding reed and cornucopiae; hippopotamus to right, crocodile in water below; NILVS. RIC II.3 1544 (RIC II 310). RSC 991. Near Extremely Fine; attractively toned, with slight irridescence; well struck and attractive.

Ex Harlan Berk (2015). Ex Harlan Berk (December 1985).

This piece commemorates Hadrian's visit to Egypt in A.D. 130, during which his favorite, Antinous, famously drowned in the Nile.