Dear coin friends,
here we have a very
rare coin with also a very interesting and old
provenance This very
rare Hadrian Sestertius was
part of the highly important
collection of
Roman Brass Coins and Medallions originally formed in the mid-eighteenth century, and sold by order of The Earl
Fitzwilliam’s Wentworth Estates Company.
Spring notes that the coins came from the
collections of the Museo del Padri Corsini acquired in
Italy in 1748, and the Abbé Visconti, President of the Society of Antiquaries in
Rome, purchased about 1774.
Hadrian Sestertius Roma 129-30 AD Galley left
Reference.
RIC II –;
RIC II.3 1282 Plate;
Strack –;
Banti –.
Bust C2
Obv. HADRIANVS
AVGVSTVSLaureate, draped
bust, viewed from
sideRev. FELICITATI
AVG COS III P P in three lines above, S C across
fieldGalley moving left with stearman and six rowers;
vexillum on prow.
27 gr
32.50 mm
12h
Note.
From the Toliver Besson
Collection, purchased from Jon Jencek (14 December 2012). Ex Goldberg 5.3 (7 June 2000), lot 3582; Earl
Fitzwilliam’s Wentworth Estates Company
Collection (Christie’s, 30 May 1949), lot 124 (
part of).
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