Hadrian AE Sestertius, AD 130-138, 33 mm, 25.58 g.

HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate, draped bust right.
ADVENTVI AVG MAVRETANIAE Hadrian, togate, standing right, holding roll and raising right hand, facing Mauretania, wearing elephant headdress, holding patera and a standard, altar between them with sacrificial bull behind it. SC below. 

RIC 899f; Cohen 67; BMCRE 1667; Mazzini 167.

With permission of Numismatica Ars Classica 78, Lot 957, May 2014.