Description: Hadrian (117 - 138 AD). AE Sestertius, Rome mint 134-138 AD. HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP; laureate head right / FORTVNA AVG, S-C; Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae.

Diameter: AE31 mm

Weight: 23,14 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 759

Commentary: brown surfaces with some scattered malachite deposits, good portrait, some roughness on edges; including collector's original card with detailed description and photos

History: Hadrian's first choice of his successor was L. Ceionius Commodus, a man with bad health and no military experience, but good looking and with taste for luxury; he died before Hadrian in 138 AD.

Article Number: 016-07-01-41652