Gemini XIII

172.

Hadrian.

117-138 AD. Aureus, 7.37g (6h). Rome,

c. 125-8 AD. Obv: HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS

Bust laureate, draped, cuirassed right. Rx: COS III

Emperor on horse prancing right, holding spear hor-

izontally with lowered right arm and wearing mili-

tary dress with cloak flying from shoulder. BM 438,

pl. 55.2 (same obv. die). Calicó 1226 (this coin).

Cohen 414 var. (40 Fr.). RIC 187 (C). Mint State

$15,000

Ex A. Lynn Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS 7,

February 2002, lot 470. Ex NAC L, 18 May 2001,

lot 1834. This coin illustrated by Calicó 1226

High-relief Hadrian Aureus

173.

Aureus, 7.31g (6h). Rome, c. 125-8 AD. Obv:

HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS Bust laureate right

with fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: COS

above, III in exergue, She-wolf standing left, suck-

ling Romulus and Remus, one kneeling and the

other seated on ground below her. BM 448, pl. 55.8

(same dies). Calicó 1233a. Cohen 422 (40 Fr.). RIC

193 (C ). Sharply struck. High relief. Mint State

$20,000

Acquired from Stack’s via Harlan J. Berk in

December 2001

174.

Denarius, 3.36g (7h). Rome, c. 132 AD. Obv:

HADRIANVS - AVG COS III P P Head laureate

right. Rx: HISPANIA Hispania reclining left, resting

left elbow on rock and holding branch in extended

right hand; behind her, rabbit (unclear). BM 849.

RIC 306. Cohen 837 (5 Fr.). Mint State

$750

175.

Sestertius, 25.38g (6h). Rome, 118 AD. Obv: IMP

CAESAR TRAIANVS - HADRIANVS AVG Bust

laureate right showing bare chest, fold of cloak on

left shoulder. Rx: LIBERALITAS AVG / S C in

exergue, PONT M - AX TR PO - T COS II around,

Hadrian presiding at largesse: he sits left on curule

chair on platform, extending right hand and holding

roll in left; before him, an attendant sits left, leaning

forward and extending both arms, apparently con-

firming the eligibility of the recipient; before that

attendant, a second attendant stands left in the back-

ground, raising coin counter in right hand to empty

out the coins; at left, a citizen facing right mounts

steps to the platform, holding out his toga to receive

the coins. BM 1137. RIC 552 (R). Cohen 914 (30

Fr.). Some porosity. EF

$600

176.

Dupondius, 13.44g (5h). Rome, c. 125-8 AD. Obv:

HADRIANVS - AVGVSTVS Bust radiate right,

fold of cloak on front shoulder. Rx: COS above,

III below, S C in field, Pegasus running right. BM

1331. Cohen 436 corr. (6 Fr.). RIC 658. Minor

cleaning marks in reverse fields, otherwise Choice

$1,000

Ex Berk 148, 29 March 2006, lot 411. Ex Leu 53,

Enlargement