Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 932. Closing Date: Jan 
12, 2004. Sold For $39,000 

 HADRIAN. 117-138 AD. AV Aureus (7.34 gm). Dated 
 874 AUC (April 21, 121 AD). IMP CAES HADRIANVS AVG 
 COS III, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust 
 right, seen from behind / ANN DCCCLXXIIII NAT VRB 
 P CIR CON, Genius of the Circus reclining left, 
 head right, holding wheel and holding meta set on 
 base at the end of the circus spina. RIC II 144; 
 Strack 56b; BMCRE 333; Calicó 1201; Cohen 162. EF. 
 Extremely rare, and one of only two Roman coin 
 types dated by the founding of the city. (For the 
 other type, see lot 1018 below) [See color 
 enlargement on plate 17] ($20,000)

 Ex Leu 7 (9 May 1973), lot 372.