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Hadrian. AD 117-138. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.20 g, 12h). “Travel series” issue (“Provinces cycle”) – The province alone. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust left / AFRICA, Africa, draped, wearing elephant-skin headdress, reclining left, placing right hand on neck of lion standing left, and resting left arm on basket of fruits; two stalks of grain to right. RIC II.3 1490 (same dies as illustration); Beckmann, Gold, dies l1/AFL1, a (this coin); Strack 2961/ζ0 (this coin referenced); Calicó 1194 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 810 (same dies); Biaggi 578 (same dies); Mazzini –. Some shallow hairlines, a few marks on reverse, a few contact marks on obverse repaired since the coin first appeared in auction in 1896. Good VF. Rare.

 

Provenance:

 

- From the Rosen Collection.

- Classical Numismatic Group 72 (14 June 2006), lot 1474. - Patrick Devaux Collection (Vinchon, 14 December 1999), lot 732 (obverse contact mark since repaired).

- Enrico Caruso Collection (Canessa, 28 June 1923), lot 301.

- M. H. Montagu Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, Paris, 20 April 1896), lot 300.

 

SOURCE: www.cngcoins.com

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc., Auction 118, lot 1066.

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