Gemini III, January 9th, 2007



                  Lot # 370 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$8500 / Price 
                  Realized: US$8500 
                  Hadrian. Orichalcum sestertius 



             



            Hadrian. (117-138 AD). Orichalcum sestertius (24.27 gm). Rome, c. 
            132 AD. HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P, laureate, draped bust right / 
            ADVENTVI AVG IVDAEAE S C, Hadrian’s arrival in Judaea: the emperor, 
            togate, stands right, raising right hand in greeting and holding 
            roll in left; Judaea, draped and veiled, stands left, holding patera 
            over altar before her, behind which is a slain bull; left and right 
            of Judaea, two naked boys stand left, each holding a long palm 
            branch. BMCRE 1659. Cohen 55 (25 Fr.) RIC 890. Despite some wear, a 
            problem-free, full-legend example of this important rarity. Very 
            fine. 




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  ... Lot 370 sold for high bid of $8500 [ $9775, or approx 7556.075 EUR, 4985.25 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 


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