alemmo

Thank you for your insight. It certainly seems a bit off to me as well. I also have been examining the reverse area you mentions, there are circular pock marks in the black area at 12 o'clock above the galley. If you notice this area of the coin is a blackish color unlike the rest of the coin, i believe this to be the original "finish" of the coin. I think the patina on the rest of the coin to not be natural and perhaps coving up this pock mock surface. I'm fairly certain I will be returning this coin through eBay.

I think it is more similar to1294 but ui'm not an expert. http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.1294

I paid a little over $300 on eBay, it sold for $440 Euro from the Ibercoin auction. I think the ebay auction started at $100 with no reserve. I do not have the original invoice but it is the exact coin https://www.ebay.com/itm/325330816175?nma=true&si=6zC5Q1rOjY5oEqYrsBD4CpAscQY%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Hopefully that eBay link works, if not I can take some of my own photos for you. Not sure I understand your comment on the 12 Caesars? Did I post in the wrong forum? I'm new here but I am aware Hadrian was not one of the 12 Caesars, but was adoptive successor of Trajan and one of the "five good emperors"

Yes, I bought the coin last week on eBay, it is the exact coin that was sold on the Ibercoin Auction in December 2020 that I have linked, it came with the Ibercoin Auction flip.

I recently took a flyer on this Hadrian Sestertius on eBay. It was sold in an Ibercoin auction in late 2020, I won it at a lower price on eBay. https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=4389&lot=1324 It seems to be a RIC 706 variant. Nearest match I can find is from the Kunst museum https://www.ikmk.at/object?lang=en&id=ID61728&view=vs It does seem a bit too good to be true to me, It has sort of a pebbly textured patina, I believe it may have been repatinated maybe with the sandy texture added. What do you all think?