★ Ex Glendining & Seaby 1929 ★

Hadrian augustus, 117 – 138

Sestertius 124-127, Æ 33 mm, 28.51 g. HADRIANVS – AVGVSTVS Laureate bust r., with drapery on l. shoulder. Rev. COS – III / S – C Aequitas standing facing, head turned l., holding sceptre in her l. hand and scales in her r. hand. C 385 var. (laureate only). BMC 1305. RIC II.3, 834.
Lovely brown patina, area of corrosion on reverse, otherwise very fine

Ex Glendining & Seaby 2, 1929, 773 and Hess 247, 1978, 324 sales. From the collection of a Mentor.