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LOT 3112
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Rome mint; struck circa AD 126-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / COS III, Annona (or Abundantia) seated to left, holding reaping hook in right hand and cornucopia in left; at feet to left, modius with grain ears. RIC II.3 854; Cohen 379; BMCRE 385. Good Very Fine.(2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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