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Auction 138  18-19 May 2023
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Lot 685

Estimate: 15 000 CHF
Price realized: 22 000 CHF
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Hadrian augustus, 117 – 138.
Aureus 118, AV 7.10 g. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust r. Rev. P M TR P COS DES III Salus seated l. on throne, feet on footstool, feeding out of patera serpent coiled around altar and leaning l. arm on throne. In exergue, SALVS AVG. C 1349 (obverse) and1351 (reverse). BMC p. 378, 6. RIC II.3, 173. D. Hendin, A Bar Kokhba Lamp Hoard Collection, in Studies Mildenberg 3 (this coin). Calicó 1370 var. (laureate only).
A wonderful portrait of excellent style well struck in high relief.
Virtually as struck and almost Fdc

Ex Triton VIII, 2005, 1134 and NAC 87, 2015, 236 sales. From Bar Kokhba Lamp hoard.

Graded AU* Strike 5/5 Surface 5/5, Fine style, NCG certification number 6558860-004
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