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Auction: 13015 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 158

Hadrian (117-38), Aureus, 7.17g, Rome 134-38, bare head right, hadrianvs avg cos iii p p, rev. genio . p. r, Genius standing left, holding cornucopia and sacrificing from patera over lighted altar (RIC 249; C.800; Strack II, 244; Calico 244 - this rev. die), small graze on neck, bold reverse, bust in good style, lustre, extremely fine

provenance
Baldwin's, auction XIV, New York, 10 January 2007, lot 289

The obverse of this coin has been attributed by some commentators to Antoninianus of Aphrodisias.

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Sold for
£19,000