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Details
LOT 2915
Hadrian AE Sestertius. Struck AD 119-circa mid 120. Rome mint.
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS III, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 243; Cohen 1192 var. (no drapery); BMC 1154. Near Very Fine.(22.74gr, 34mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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