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<p>[QUOTE="The Meat man, post: 24366753, member: 135271"][USER=118540]@sand[/USER] and [USER=24754]@Cherd[/USER] Here is a bit more history behind the coin, from <a href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-million-dollar-ancients-come-close/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-million-dollar-ancients-come-close/" rel="nofollow">this online CoinWeek article</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Hadrian “Medallic” Sestertius 135 CE</b></font></p><p>Struck at Rome in 135 or 136 CE in “orichalcum”[13], a brass alloy, this coin (formerly in the Hunt collection) is described as “the most beautiful Roman coin ever struck”[14]. The intense, sensitive portrait of Hadrian is attributed to “The Alphaeus Master”, a die and gemstone engraver known from other sources as Antoninianos of Aphrodisias. On the reverse, Pax, the personification of peace, cradles a cornucopia while gracefully extending an olive branch.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://coinweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mm_h_hadrian.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin, the best of five examples known, sold in December 2008 for 2.3 million Swiss francs (over $2 million USD) against an estimate of 400,000 francs. At the time, it was the highest price ever paid for an ancient coin at auction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Meat man, post: 24366753, member: 135271"][USER=118540]@sand[/USER] and [USER=24754]@Cherd[/USER] Here is a bit more history behind the coin, from [URL='https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/coinweek-ancient-coin-series-million-dollar-ancients-come-close/']this online CoinWeek article[/URL]: [SIZE=4][B]Hadrian “Medallic” Sestertius 135 CE[/B][/SIZE] Struck at Rome in 135 or 136 CE in “orichalcum”[13], a brass alloy, this coin (formerly in the Hunt collection) is described as “the most beautiful Roman coin ever struck”[14]. The intense, sensitive portrait of Hadrian is attributed to “The Alphaeus Master”, a die and gemstone engraver known from other sources as Antoninianos of Aphrodisias. On the reverse, Pax, the personification of peace, cradles a cornucopia while gracefully extending an olive branch. [IMG]https://coinweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/mm_h_hadrian.jpg[/IMG] This coin, the best of five examples known, sold in December 2008 for 2.3 million Swiss francs (over $2 million USD) against an estimate of 400,000 francs. At the time, it was the highest price ever paid for an ancient coin at auction.[/QUOTE]
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