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LOT 3618
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 121-123. Rome mint.
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Clementia standing to left, holding patera over altar and sceptre, and resting elbow on column; CLEM in exergue. RIC II.3 497 var. (bust type); BMCRE 254; RSC 214a. Very Fine.(3.33gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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