Hadrian (AD 117-138). AV aureus (20mm, 7.21 gm, 6h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 2/5, Fine Style, scuffs. Rome, AD 133-135. HADRIANVS-AVG COS III P P, bare head of Hadrian left / VOT-PVB, Genius of the Roman Senate (on left), togate, standing right, scepter in left hand over shoulder, right hand extended toward Genius of the Roman People (on right), standing facing, head left, bare to waist, patera in right hand over altar in center, cornucopia cradled in left arm. RIC II.3 2033 (this coin). Calicó 1403. Attractive composition of this unusual reverse type. From the Monaco Collection. Ex Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant (Roma Numismatics, Auction XXI, 24 March 2021), lot 611; Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 95 (6 October 2016), lot 251; Meister & Sonntag, Auction 7 (6 April 2009), lot 39; Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction F (17 April 1996), lot 1610

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