Hadrian. AD 117-138. AR Denarius (19mm, 2.98 g, 7h). Eastern mint. Group 7, AD 128-circa 129. HΛDRIΛNVS ΛVGVSTVS P P, laureate head right / COS III, six-pointed star above and within crescent moon. Cf. RIC II.3 924; cf. RIC II 355; cf. Strack 213; cf. RSC 458; cf. BMCRE 1039 (same obv. die; rev. COS III modius with grain ears). Toned. EF. Extremely rare.
From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Berk BBS 91 (25 June 1996), lot 342.