Hadrian AR denarius, AD 117–138, struck AD 136. 18 mm.

HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP, laureate head right.
NILVS, Nilus reclining left on rock, holding cornucopiae and reed, waves below. 

RIC 310 var; RSC 991d; Strack 306; BMC 865 note. 
Very rare.

Contributed by Geoff Bambrook, Dec. 2019.