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Pedigree Back to 1930

LOT 3161

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080


Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.

Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed and draped(?) bust to left / IVSTITIA AVG COS III P P, Justitia seated to left on throne, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II, part 3 1228. 23.94gr, 35mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine. Charming brown patina with green highlights. Very Rare.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Arts Classica, Auction XV, 1930, lot 1552.
Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Sale 174 - N.Y.I.N.C. Auction Ebert I & Sess. B, 11 January 2013, lot 5213.

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