HADRIAN AE Sestertius. Rome, 134-138 AD.

Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate & draped bust right.
Rev: AFRICA, S C in ex, Africa reclining left wearing 
elephant-skin headdress, holding scorpion and cornucopiae, 
basket of wheat ears at her feet. 

RIC 840, BMC 1708, Cohen 144. 

Sear 3574, the reverse of this coin looks to be sharp 
but has been lightly tooled many years ago hence now 
of even patina. F.

Courtesy of Lockdales.com, April 2010.