Lot 3644

Description

Hadrian, (A.D. 117-138), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 136, (22.26 grams), obv. bare head bust of Hadrian to left, around HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP, rev. Hadrian greeting Mauretania, around ADVENTI AVG MAVRETANIAE, S C in exergue, (cf.S.3567, RIC 897); another (21.17 grams), issued 126, obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust right, rev. Fortuna seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, FORT RED in exergue around COS III, S C across, (cf.S.3598, RIC 969); Sabina, wife of Hadrian, (died A.D.137), AE sestertius, Rome mint, (24.92 grams), issued in 130, obv. draped bust to right of Sabina with hair coiled on head, around trace SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, rev. Vesta seated to left, S C in exergue, (S.3942, RIC 1020); Aelius, Caesar, (A.D. 136-138), AE dupondius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 137, (14.48 grams), obv. bare head of Aelius to right, around L AELIVS CAESAR, rev. around T[R POT COS II], in exergue [CONCORD], Concordia seated to left holding patera and resting left arm on cornucopiae, (S.3987, RIC 1070). Generally very good with some porosity, several rare. (4)

Ex Mark Marshan Collection, with his tickets.