★ A beautiful star-in-crescent denarius of Hadrian ★

Hadrian, 117-138. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.45 g, 6 h), Rome, circa 126-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS Laureate bust of Hadrian to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. COS III Large crescent; above, six-pointed star; below, small globe. BMC 461. Cohen 460. RIC 865. Lightly toned and with a wonderful reverse. Nearly extremely fine.

From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Lanz 125, 28 November 2005, 746.