Details
LOT 2873
Hadrian AE As. AD 117-138.
Rome mint; struck AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right; drapery on far shoulder / CAPP-A-DOCIA, Cappadocia, wearing turreted headdress, standing to left, holding Mount Argaeus and vexillum; S C across fields. RIC II.3 - (unrecorded bust type) (cf. 1641-1647); BMCRE - (same) (cf. 1729-1734). Near Very Fine. Unrecorded bust type.(11.18gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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