Details
LOT 3087
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Rome mint; struck AD 120-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P [C]OS III, Fortuna standing facing, head to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left, leaning against column. RIC II.3 394; BMCRE 170-173; RSC 1155a. Good Very Fine.(2.69gr, 18mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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