Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.37 g, 6h). Rome mint. Group 2, AD 117. IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIANO AVG DIVI TRA PARTH F, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / DIVI NER NEP • P M TR P COS, FORT RED in exergue, Fortuna, draped, seated left, feet on footstool, holding rudder set on ground in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC II.3 46; cf. RIC II 10; Strack 19γ₁; Calicó 1257a (same rev. die as Calicó 1257b); BMCRE 34, note; Biaggi 607; Jameson 100 var. (bust type); Mazzini 741. Toned, a few shallow scratches on obverse. Good VF.

From the San Vicente Collection. Ex Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 26 June 1950), lot 120.


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