From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.



                  Lot # 420 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$1250 / Price 
                  Realized: US$1300 
                  Hadrian. Silver denarius 



             



            Hadrian. (117-138 AD). Silver denarius (3.23 gm). Rome, Ca. 131-138 
            AD. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bust bare headed, draped right / 
            FORTVNA AVG, Fortuna standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. 
            Strack 239. RSC 775b. Bust variety of BMCRE 641 and RIC 245A. Rare 
            bust variety of a scarce reverse type: eight specimens with this 
            reverse type in Reka Devnia hoard, two of which, according to Strack 
            239, showed the same bust type as our coin. Mint state. 




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  ... Lot 420 sold for high bid of $1300 [ $1495, or approx 1031.55 EUR, 762.45 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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