Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 28.80 g, 6h). “Travel series” issue (“Provinces cycle”) – Army / exercitus type. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bareheaded and draped bust right / DISCIPLIN A[VG/ S] C in two lines in exergue, Hadrian advancing right, holding baton in left hand and leading a line of four soldiers, carrying vexillum between two signa. RIC II.3 1910 (R2); Strack 657ζ0; Banti 239 (this coin); BMCRE 1484. Brown patina, some pitting. VF. Rare.
Ex Gadoury (16 November 2018), lot 106 (hammer €1500); Conte Alessandro Magnaguti Collection (Part III, Santamaria, 26 June 1950), lot 430.
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