A beautiful sestertius of Hadrian from the collection of C. S. Bement, Naville VIII, 25-28 June 1924, 904
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Hadrian, 117-138. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 33 mm, 21.00 g, 6 h), Rome, 119-120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG Laureate bust of Hadrian to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. PONT MAX TR POT COS III / LIBERTAS RESTI/TVTA / S - C Hadrian, togate, seated left on curule chair set on high platform, extending his right hand towards draped woman standing right, holding child with her left hand and placing her right on head of a second child standing behind her. BMC 1160. Cohen 949 var. (no drapery). RIC II.3, 236. A lovely piece with an attractive brown-green patina and a fine pedigree. Minor edge cracks and with a small flan fault on the obverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From an old English collection (with collector's ticket), privately acquired from Baldwin on 2 March 1934 and from the collection of C. S. Bement, Naville VIII, 25-28 June 1924, 904.
Price: 6,500 CHF

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