Gemini III, January 9th, 2007 Lot # 370  Realized: US$8500 

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, togate, standing right, 
raising right hand in greeting and holding roll in left; 
Judaea, draped and veiled, standing left, holding patera 
over altar before her, behind which is a slain bull; left 
and right of Judaea, two naked boys standing left, each 
holding a long palm branch. 
BMCRE 1659. Cohen 55 (25 Fr.) RIC 890. 
important rarity. Very fine. 

© 2006 Gemini, LLC- Sold for $8500 [ $9775, 7556.07 EUR, £4985.25 

Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk (www.harlanjberk.com) 
and Freeman & Sear (www.freemanandsear.com)