Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.22 g, 6h). “Travel series” issue. Rome mint. Group 10, circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust left / AEGYPTOS, Aegyptos, draped, reclining left, holding up sistrum in right hand and resting left arm on basket, snake to right of basket; to left, ibis standing right (not on column). RIC II.3 1478 (same dies as illustration); RIC II 296; Strack 295¹/ζ; Calicó 1186 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 796 var. (bust type; same rev. die); Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Toned. VF. Very rare.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Roma XIV (21 September 2017), lot 726; Heidelberger Münzhandlung 64 (20 November 2014), lot 2559.


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