ROMAN IMPERIAL. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm,

ROMAN IMPERIAL. Hadrian. AD 117-138. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 26.84 g, 12h). "Travel series" issue ("Provinces cycle") – Army/exercitus type. Rome mint. Struck circa AD 130-133. Laureate and draped bust right / Hadrian standing right on low platform on left, raising right hand in gesture of address and holding volumen, haranguing three soldiers before him; the first soldier holding an aquila, the second a shield, and the third a vexillum. RIC II.3 1919 (R2); Banti 255 var. (bust type); SCBC 638A (Extremely rare). Brown patina with scattered green deposits. Near Fine. Extremely rare.

From the Geoffrey Cope Collection.