706 | Roman Empire

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HADRIAN. Sestertius (Ae. 25.02g/33mm). 129-130 AD Rome. (RIC 1346; Cohen 736; Lacourt II, Bo3, pl. 11, 9 (same specimen); BPoorRE 1415). Obv: Draped, nude bust of Hadrian facing right, around legend: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS. Rev: Fortuna seated on the left, holding the rudder on the globe and cornucopias, between: Uncirculated, in exergue: FORT RED, around legend: COS III P P. EB-. An extraordinary and very interesting specimen, with a late 20th-century pedigree, and also part of a study by L. Lacourt in 2022, Sesterces des Antonins (96-192): Vol II Hadrien (117-138).

Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction 27 (22/03/2023), Lot 684.
Former Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 106 (09/13/2017), Lot 743.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 98 (1/12/2016), Lot 1172.
Former Stack's Bowers & Ponterio, Auction 174 (01/11/2013) Robert O. Ebert Collection (Part I), Lot 5212.
Former Classical Numismatic Auctions, Auction XI (05/03/1990), Lot 321.
Former Münzen und Medaillen AG Basel, Auction 61 (07/10/1982), Lot 431.