Roman Silver & Bronze
Lot 3589 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $160
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SOLD $180
HADRIAN, (A.D. 117-138), silver denarius, issued 136, Rome mint, (3.292 grams), obv. bare head to right of Hadrian, around HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, rev. NIL[V]S across top, Nilus reclining to right, holding reed and cornucopiae, hippopotamus before, crocodile in water below, (S.3508, RIC 310, BMC 857, RSC 989). Nearly very fine and rare.
Ex Glendining's London, December 14, 1988 (lot 397 part). The Reka Devnia hoard of 81,044 silver coins contained 5892 coins of Hadrian, it contained only one coin of this type.
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