Hadrian (AD 117-138), Gold Aureus, mint of Rome, AD 118, 7.3 gms., IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right, drapery on far shoulder, rev. PM TR P P COS II around radiate bust of Sol right, ORIENS in exergue (RIC 43a; cf BMC 75), struck on a broad planchet and with a lovely early bust of Hadrian, extremely fine and lustrous