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Auction 138  18-19 May 2023
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Lot 689

Estimate: 15 000 CHF
Price realized: 17 000 CHF
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Hadrian augustus, 117 – 138.
Aureus circa 124-125, AV 7.33 g. HADRIANVS – AVGVSTVS Laureate bust r., with drapery on l. shoulder. Rev. COS She-wolf l. suckling twins; in exergue, III. C 422 var. (without drapery). BMC 448. RIC II.3, 709. Calicó 1233.
A bold portrait of excellent style struck in high relief. A minor edge scuff at
eleven o'clock on obverse, otherwise extremely fine

Ex Sotheby's, 7 March 1996, 184; Spink 1012, 2010, 1324 and Baldwin's 99, 2016, 17 sales.

Graded CH AU Strike 5/5 Surface 3/5, Fine style, edge scuff, NCG certification number 6556713-008
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