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LOT 3576
Hadrian AE As. Struck circa AD 132-134. Rome mint.
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to left / FELICITATI AV[G] above, COS III P P in exergue, [S] C across field, galley rowed to left by four oarsmen: at the bow mast raking forward with flag and sails attached, at the stern hortator. RIC II 719. Near Very Fine.(11.70gr, 28mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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