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Auction: 9026 - Ancient. English, Foreign Coins & Com. Medals
Lot: 1019

Hadrian (AD 117-138), AV Aureus, 6.99g, Rome, 136, bare head left, hadrianvs avg cos iii p p, rev. africa, Africa reclining left, leaning on rock and holding cornucopia and scorpion, basket of fruit on left (RIC 299; RCV 3383 var.), repaired below Africa and less obviously on the corresponding spot on the obverse, good fine Estimate £ 500-700 Ex Gorny and Mosch 10/10/2006, lot 2516.

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